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Elaine Williams, Owner of MS Legal Search
Elaine Makris Williams owns and runs MS Legal Search, an executive search firm based in Houston, TX. MS Legal...
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Five Things You Should Know Before Your Paralegal Interview in a Law Firm
Five particular characteristics bear on hiring practices. Once you have worked in the legal environment for a...
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The Four Top Enemies of a Paralegal Job Seeker
Because hiring is both subjective and objective, much of interviewing is out of our control. New paralegals...
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Your First Law Job Does Not Necessarily Mean Your Last One
Most people change careers at least three times during their lives. Within each career, most people change...
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The Bio: Presenting Your Life-Story at a Paralegal Interview
People often misunderstand the purpose of the bio. Skeptics say, "If it is scripted, it won't sound real."...
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Researching Law Offices on the World Wide Web
The Internet provides easy, cost-free access to many helpful resources. Be warned, however, that the Internet...
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Documentation Techniques for Law Interns
The simplest of all documentation techniques, an hourly log's only challenge may be in ensuring its accuracy....
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How Legal Professions Must Select Their Areas of Specialization
What follows are descriptions of the many paralegal and law-related options that are available in many areas...
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Conventional & Unconventional Ways Of Getting A Legal Job
There are many people who aspire for a legal job, especially those students who have completed law school, but...
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Going for Paralegal Jobs at Large Law Firms
How does an entry paralegal get into a large firm? Network through a friend, or the relative of a firm member,...
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Why Paralegals Need to Know about Small Firms before Applying for a Job
The small and midsize firm does not generally have the fixed corporate policies of large firms. It is here...
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Tips for Approaching Small Law Firms for Paralegal Jobs
Strategies for appealing to small and midsize firms vary according to practice area and the firms' internal...
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The Sole Practitioner’s Paralegal
When I obtained my first entry-level employment in 1985, a sole practitioner looked me over at an interview in...
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The Non-Legal Business World Is Unchartered: Develop Contacts To Network The Maze
You are sending out introduction letters with accompanying resumes. However, you are unsure whether you have...
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NY Court of Appeals Upholds Suspension of Lawyer Whose Brother Stole Money
On Tuesday, the New York Court of Appeals declined, without explanation, to hear the appeal against the...
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Law Firm Interview Call the First Step
If you have been invited to visit a law firm, corporate law department, or governmental agency, you have...
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SMR Legal Search: Catching up with Susan Rubinovitz
Susan Rubinovitz owns and runs SMR Legal Search, a compliance and executive legal recruiting firm based in...
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Special Questions for the Prospective Clerk
If you are applying for a permanent position commencing after a clerkship or internship, you should consider...
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A Paralegal’s Survival Guide in a Law Firm Environment
Let us go back and consider the structure in which the paralegal profession was born-the firm. The law firm...
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How to Get Feel of Government Agency Legal Job
Let us discuss the scenario if you want to seek a legal opening in a governmental agency. You must see how you...
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Know Your Position on the Corporate Law Department
When you are interviewing the corporate law department you should know what would be your position the line-up...
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Law Firm Interviews & Your Aspirations
If you are someone who expects to use your early years of law practice to become as technically proficient as...
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Law Firms with Different Entry Policies & Your Reaction
Two different career situations present themselves if you find two law firms with very generous admission...
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Matching Job Expectations to Job Realities for a Paralegal
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is...
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Legal Job and Legal Advice
Here are some suggestions for how you can continue the process of finding a satisfying career in the law or...
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Database Management for a Litigation
The first thing to be said for the litigation process and the paralegal's role in it is that it is varied. It...
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Looking For a Legal Career in All Different Places
This article is intended to help you find happiness in a legal career. But simply figuring out what type of...
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What to Face in a Law School
Perhaps for that reason, many law students who love law school hate the practice of law, and many who hate law...
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How to Give a Real Argument to a Judge
While there are a sizable number of law school graduates who are struggling to find any job, another group has...
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