Becoming a paralegal says something about a person. No, not just “I like being verbally abused by lawyers all day.” It says you have some ambition, some drive. You like to work independently and you enjoy learning new things and …
From your first day on the job, one thing is going to become very clear to you as a new paralegal: despite all the hours you spent in class earning your degree, your education is really just starting. Changes in …
It’s too much to expect that anyone stepping into a brand new position will do a letter-perfect job on day one.. but nothing builds dumb confidence quite like a college degree and zero experience! As a brand new paralegal, fresh …
Will Legal Software Soon Replace Paralegals? Each day moves us one step closer to life once existing only in the minds of sci-fi writers and conspiracy theorists dreaming of a world where robots rule, or in the nightmares of 21st …
Watching legal dramas on TV, you’d think the client or even the attorney sets the pace at which the wheels of justice turn. If you’re one of those paralegals who gets irritated every time you watch a complex court case …
Unlike the movies where they always seem to find a reason for a car chase and a shoot-out, sexy sub-plots, or the suspense of some government conspiracy, the kind of true to life snapshot we get from documentaries focus in …
Even if almost no one who works outside the field believes it, any paralegal will tell you that ethics really are the cornerstone of law. In fact, some people might say that adhering to ethical standards of conduct is the …
The paralegal profession first emerged in the 1960s in response to the high cost of retaining an attorney at a time when the demand for legal services was growing. Originally, they were viewed as legal secretaries with a little extra …
You didn’t slave away in a paralegal program and bust your hump in interview after interview so you could push paper around all day. Welcome to the modern world, where you’re a lot more likely to be pushing a mouse …