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Paralegals on Fire! Podcast

Providing you with actionable strategies every week to help you fast-track your paralegal career.

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A paralegal sits and practices mindfulness at her desk to check stress.

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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Episode 62: Is It Time For Paralegal Licensing?

A group of paralegals jubilate their case win to foster their teamwork and boost their morale to deliver better results.

Episode 61: It’s Time to Celebrate Your Wins!

Experienced and successful paralegals discuss what they'd do differently if they were starting a paralegal career today.

Episode 60: If I Was Starting a New Paralegal Career Today

A group of paralegal interns sit and discuss what it'll be like to be able to turn their internship into a job offer.

Episode 59: Turn Your Paralegal Internship Into a Job Offer

A smartly dressed paralegal holding a folder of documents but oblivious of the pros and cons of moving into management.

Episode 58: The Pros and Cons of Moving Into Management

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Episode 57: Don’t Give Away Your Valuable Time For Free

Frustrated paralegal working with a micromanager

Episode 56: How to Lose a Paralegal Job in 10 Days!

A team of paralegals working together on a project to increase their chances of success.

Episode 55: I Need Your Help With This Paralegal Project

A paralegal who has enjoyed the benefits of pro bono work for her career smiles as she stands against a railing.

Episode 54: How Pro Bono Work Can Benefit Your Paralegal Career

A smiling paralegal at a successful law firm climbs her career ladder because she understands her career is more than a job.

Episode 53: Your Paralegal Career is More Than Just a Job

A desk with numerous personal injury files dumped for a paralegal to work on; what do they do?

Episode 52: 60 Personal Injury Files Are Dumped On Your Desk, Now What?

A paralegal explains her work to an attorney while they stand to depict the kind of place every paralegal want to work

Episode 51: We Should all be so Lucky to Work at This Law Firm

A silhouette of successful litigation paralegals casting the question of what a litigation paralegal career accelerator is.

Episode 50: What is a Litigation Paralegal Career Accelerator?

A trial notebook with markers in its pages rests depicts the importance of a trial notebook from the start of a paralegal career.

Episode 49: Begin With the End in Mind – a Trial Notebook Now Instead of Later

A paralegal sits at her desk and smiles as she learns the case management tips that make her work easier.

Episode 48: Case Management Tips: Do These 3 Things Today

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Episode 47: How to Get Your Attorney to Invest in Your Career Development