Understanding the Human Side of a Paralegal Interview
A quiet, young woman with excellent grades was worried about the three or four dynamic personalities in her...
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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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A Paralegal Needs to Constantly Improvise to Perform Better at Interviews
Keep in mind, if the interviewer appears bored and unfocused, it's your job to make your interview go well....
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Google Reader & Bloglovin' Tutorial
Happy Friday!!! I am soooo ready for a fun and relaxing weekend! I've got a couple plans, like brunch with my...
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Law Job Opportunities for Legal Professionals in Government
Wherever there is government, there is law-in abundance. And wherever there is law, there will always be a...
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The Four Parts of a Legal Interview for Paralegals
Those who leave the interview to fate seem to think that the interview is just one long series of questions...
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Four Styles Adopted by Interviewers When Interviewing Paralegals
Contrary to what you may have heard, the legal interview is not a lion's den, but an arena with special...
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Taking Apart the Paralegal Interview
Getting ready for, going to, and participating in an interview is challenging, nerve-wracking, and for some,...
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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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The Three Types of Legal Interviews Faced by Paralegals
A quiet breeze blew across the outdoor patio at our favorite downtown cafe. My colleague continued to stir the...
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Legal Professionals Who Can Influence Your Career beyond Internship
Your internship will bring you into contact with many different professionals from both in and out of the...
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Law-Related Services in Office
In any office providing law-related services, the intern's first challenge is mastering the procedures used...
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Legal Professionals Who Can Help Law Interns during the Internship Period
Also known as law office managers, law office administrators, or legal assistant managers, legal...
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Law Interns Who Work in Law Library, Conference Room and Other Places
A solo practitioner sometimes keeps a collection of law books in his or her own office, but most often, the...
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Intern's Role in the Law Office's Billing Practices
Working paralegals are sometimes under great pressure to produce a certain number of billable hours. Interns...
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Internships in Law Firms
In an internship for credit, students are usually required to keep a record for their schools of time spent in...
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Thursday Thoughts
Bonjour! Everyone excited that the weekend is almost here? For me it practically is the weekend since I just...
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The HUSTLE Principles for Getting a Paralegal Job Interview
The final strategy in a job hunt has to do with the quality of your effort. Very little of this comes...
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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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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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WIAW-Weekend + Oats Recipe!
Good morning and happy Wednesday! We've made it halfway through the week and over halfway through February!...
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Obama Hints Patent Law Reforms Need to Address Patent Trolls
On Thursday, President Barack Obama said that U.S. patent reforms need to work more to address the issue of...
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Working as a Bankruptcy Paralegal
A good representative entry-level paralegal job could be in the office of a sole practitioner who deals with...
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Litigation Paralegal: The Paralegal of All Trades
One student recently asked me, "When people say 'litigation,' they're not talking about practice areas are...
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A Paralegal’s Guide to Back-office Work
When civilization took the step of having judges or local authorities decide matters of dispute, and people...
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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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Paralegal Work Cycle Across a Trial
In the pretrial phase, paralegals start to really earn their keep. Pressure builds to focus on key testimony....
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Run Chicago & TV Online
First of all, I wanted to say thank you for the great response to my post yesterday! I thought that might...
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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Daly Hawkins Hears Barry Bonds Case
Michael Daly Hawkins was born in Winslow, Arizona on February 1945. He graduated with a B.A. from Arizona...
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A Quick Insight to the Paralegal Profession
Here are some definitions of "paralegal." According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the U.S....
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