How Law Students Must Approach Internships
Not all schools arrange and confirm internship offices in exactly the same way. Some schools provide upcoming...
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Internship Learning: How Law Students Can Identify Law-Related Areas of Learning
Like students everywhere, you may have learned to rely heavily on teachers to document your learning for you....
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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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Instructions to Document Law Internship Learning
Some of the methods discussed in this article may be required by your school; others may not. The descriptions...
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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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Tips for Law Students to Ensure a Smooth Start of their Legal Career
You have researched, planned, telephoned, written, and interviewed with care. As a direct result, you have...
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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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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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Comprehensive List of Litigation Skills for Law Interns
No matter what your area of internship work, you are likely to have many incidents of overlap into other...
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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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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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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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Changing the Fortune of Your Paralegal Job Hunt
Who does not want good fortune? Americans are crazy about lotteries for a basic human reason: A part of us,...
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Do Not Neglect Sole Practitioner Lawyers When Looking for a Paralegal Job
Do not think of a sole practitioner as a "country lawyer." Avoid assumptions about where the attorney comes...
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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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How to Get those Hidden Paralegal Jobs
Strategies and first moves after graduation lead one naturally to a discussion about how to approach the...
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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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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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Effective Strategies for Getting a Paralegal Job
You must think of yourself as employed when you are looking for a job. You are, in effect, working for...
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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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Being Politically Correct on a Paralegal Job Hunt
Certain practice areas lend themselves to large documentation, while others present you with more client...
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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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