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Paralegals on Fire! Podcast

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Attorneys and Managers in a meeting about how to keep and get the best paralegals to help with their work.

Episode 89: Managers and Attorneys: How to Get and Keep the Best Paralegals

Ann shares valuable insights for managers and attorneys regarding how to get and keep the best paralegals.
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Episode 88: Ask Me Anything

In this "Ask Me Anything" episode, Ann Pearson answers questions sent in from podcast listeners on a variety of topics.
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Episode 87: Finding Your Confidence as a New Paralegal

In this episode, Ann Pearson gives valuable advice on developing your confidence as a new paralegal to help you succeed in your career.
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Episode 86: Your Billable Hours Matter More Than You Think

In this podcast episode, Ann Pearson gives her former management perspective on why paralegal billable hours are important to your career.
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Episode 85: 3 Tips For Drafting Billable Time Entries

In this episode of the Paralegals on Fire! Podcast Show, Ann Pearson shares 3 key tips for drafting billable time entries.
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Episode 84: Can You Fix Your Boss? An Interview with Molly McGrath

In this guest episode of the Paralegals on Fire! Podcast Show, Ann Pearson welcomes back Molly McGrath, Founder of Hiring & Empowering Solutions as she
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Episode 83: Paralegal Inspiration! An Interview With Amy Elder

In this guest interview podcast, Ann interviews Amy Elder in our monthly paralegal inspiration episode.
A manager walks the office with a new paralegal and informs her of what she learned as a manager but didn't know as a paralegal.

Episode 82: Things I Learned As a Manager That I Wish I Knew When I Was a Paralegal

In this episode of the Paralegals on Fire! Podcast Show, Ann Pearson shares valuable insight with paralegals that she gained as a paralegal manager.
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Episode 81: Fake it Till You Make It is a Bad Idea

Get valuable insight into the dangers of the "fake it till you make it" mentality in the paralegal profession.
A paralegal puts in the work and gets her foot in the door as she ascends the legal corporate ladder.

Episode 80: Should You Take Any Position To Get Your Foot In The Door?

Ann Pearson talks to someone who started her paralegal career as a receptionist and is now the firm-wide Director of Paralegals at a global law
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Episode 79: Paralegal to Lawyer – An Interview with Sarah Riley Mohr

In this guest interview podcast, Ann interviews Sarah Riley Mohr about her path from paralegal to lawyer and how her paralegal skills helped her.
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Episode 78: You’re Not Doing Litigation If You’re Not Doing E-discovery

In this guest interview podcast, Ann interviews Michael Quartararo about e-discovery trends for litigation paralegals and other legal professionals.
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Episode 77: Paralegal Inspiration! An Interview With Amy McGuigan

In this guest interview podcast, Ann interviews Amy McGuigan in our monthly paralegal inspiration episode.
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Episode 76: Can You Really Get a Paralegal Job Without a Paralegal Certificate?

In this guest interview podcast, Jessie Foss and Ann Pearson discuss how her journey started without a paralegal certificate and what you can do to
A serious paralegal working on a project as she scribbles and shows one of the habits of the indispensable paralegal.

Episode 75: 7 Habits of the Indispensable Paralegal

In this solo podcast episode, Ann Pearson shares 7 habits of the indispensable paralegal and how to master them to stand out on your team.
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Episode 74: Paralegal Inspiration Episode – An Interview with Heidi Semkovich

Ann interviews Heidi Semkovich as part of our monthly paralegal inspiration episode to inspire you, motivate you, and provide you with tips.
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Episode 73: Mindfulness Tips to Keep Paralegal Stress in Check

In this guest interview podcast, Heather Gonzalez and Ann Pearson discuss mindfulness tips to keep paralegal stress at bay.
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Episode 72: Paralegal Tips for Coping With a Boss Who Yells At You

In this episode, Ann shares what she would do if she was working with a jerk attorney who kept yelling at her.
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Episode 71: March Paralegal Inspiration An Interview with Brian Carchedi

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Episode 70: 10 Litigation Paralegal Tips for Success

An image of a blackboard on which your mindset matter announces the importance of a paralegals mindset to their career growth.

Episode 69: Get Unstuck and Out of Your Own Way

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Episode 68: February Paralegal Interview with Lisa Gutierrez

A senior paralegal sits and holds a pencil and a book to write down her 5 year plan to advance her career.

Episode 67: What’s Your 5-Year Plan?

A group of new paralegals sit in a row with a computer each and take on-the-job training from a senior colleague.

Episode 66: Are You Still Waiting For That On-the-Job Paralegal Training?

A group of rockstar paralegals with the desirable traits stand and pose for the paralegal podcast.

Episode 65: 3 Traits of a Rockstar Paralegal

A paralegal sits before a computer screen showing boxes with red ticks to show the results of the paralegal survey.

Episode 64: The Paralegal Survey Results Are In!

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Episode 63: What It Looks Like To Be A Proactive Litigation Paralegal

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