Accounting & Timekeeping in Law Firms Accounting and the allied process of timekeeping are among the primary tools of management in law firms. As such, they have a place in all private practice situations, and also in the legal organizations of government and business corporations. These accounting functions should: (2155 views)
Paralegal Job Search: Importance of Networking A networking contact is someone who knows a working attorney through any source, other than an advertisement. With this contact, written or oral communication on your part can lead to interviews. Networking is the key to employment. (123 views)
Role of Contacts in Paralegal Job Search To make your job search in paralegal world fruitful, you should see to it that you should not stick to contacts that did not give you any benefit. You will stand a chance of getting a job if you judiciously make new contacts. Any seminar in insurance sales will tell you that sales success is a matter of simple arithmetic. The phrase you hear in these seminars is, "It's a... (36 views)
Political Views Play Role in Paralegal Search Seeking a paralegal job, you have to weigh the importance of practice area in determining the kind of work you get and the levels of responsibility to which you might rise. For instance, certain practice areas lend themselves to large documentation, while others present you with more client contact. We have not yet discussed how personal politics or viewpoints might affect... (24 views)
First Moves That Lead to Paralegal Job Offers Effective job strategies and "first moves" that get attention are invaluable for some very obvious reasons. It helps to rehearse, though, because looking for a job is the most difficult and arduous task most people can imagine. Public speaking is said to be number one on most individuals' "fear list’’ and being unemployed is most likely number one on their "dread... (13 views)
Finding the Paralegal job You Want For paralegal job seekers strategies and first moves after graduation lead one naturally to a discussion about how to approach the advertised market and the unadvertised or "hidden" job market. Various studies have put the "hidden market" at 70-80 percent of the existing market for any given profession. A good opening strategy is to decide that you are not going to ignore... (27 views)
Your Paralegal Resume: How to Get Noticed What Is the Purpose of a Resume? --Opening a lecture with a question like this has an arresting quality. I waited for a response as classmates looked around at each other. Finally, wanting to end the silence, a few volunteered some responses. (676 views)
The Effective Paralegal Interview Most paralegal applicants have a good array of skills and wonderful personalities. The interview is just the place where some are more effective than others at getting their skills and their personalities across. (18 views)
Paralegal Resume Must Sum Up Skills Young paralegals in their job search should be very careful in summing up their skills in their resume. Let us consider some resumes and see how we can use them while drawing our resumes. (4505 views)
Paralegal Job Ads: Response Dynamics In the search for a paralegal job responding to a formal advertisement is the most challenging. Because the odds are against you, it puts the written presentation and other job search basics in the forefront. (88 views)
Paralegal is Judged by Writing Skills In the career of a paralegal, research and writing become important with reference to research he or she is expected to do. (138 views)
Getting Most from Synergistic Job Search The leader of the seminar for new graduates began with a startling statement. "Getting over the entry-level hump is probably the most challenging thing a job seeker can do. No matter what field, the entry status is the most difficult to face; from theater to carpentry, from dentistry to the arts, the beginner must bring energy, perseverance, creativity, and hard work... (4 views)
Basics of Paralegal Interview Those who leave the interview to fate seem to think that the interview is just one long series of questions and answers. The winning presentations are most often given by paralegals who understand the basic structure of an effective legal interview. (270 views)
The Litigation Paralegal Do you understand what people are really referring to when they say ‘litigation’? They're not talking about practice areas are they? . . . They're talking about the process of settling the dispute, whatever that dispute is. Isn’t it? Yes it is. (337 views)
Synergistic Job Search of Paralegals The job search is challenging all by itself, but if you must overcome inertia all the time it can be agony. One way to stay in motion is to be active all the time and to be careful not to fall into the trap of indolence. The sure way of getting out of the apathy is to initiate a sincere search and follow up; conduct continuous record-keeping. That energetic search will... (21 views)
Paralegal Working for Creditor If you are working for business concerns, banks, or other such establishments, you must be ready to take on bankruptcy work. In such a situation there is a greater emphasis on cases with hundreds and even thousands of documents involving the potential demise of a business or corporation. Document control, computer and word-processing skills, and big-case management come... (120 views)
Role of Cover Letter: Paralegal Job Search "I hate these things!" She tossed her cover letters across my desk and folded her arms in disgust. "Why can't we just send resumes?" (78 views)
Expanding the Role of Paralegals The paralegal profession is evolving rapidly. The way attorneys perceive paralegals has changed for the better. And the way attorneys use paralegals has changed for the better as well. Gone are the days when a paralegal was hired to be a glorified secretary with some legal research skills. Today's paralegals are actively involved in many facets of the law office operation,... (469 views)
The Art of Doing Effective Legal Research The ability to do effective legal research is like any other learned skill; it takes effort and hands-on practice to get good at it. Whether you do your research in the local law library, at an on-campus law school library, or inside your own firm, you need to have a plan before you begin. Without a clear idea of where to start, what to look for, where to look for it and... (347 views)
Handling Difficult Legal Cases With few exceptions, police officers are humane, caring folks who only want to do their jobs safely and effectively and go home in one piece at the end of the day. Notice that the phrase "their jobs" does not include the phrase "your job" anywhere in it. They probably will not work at breakneck speed to assist you. Your concerns and your responsibilities to your law firm... (202 views)
Good and Poor Police Reports Just as there are good, best-selling books and poor, just-sit-there books, there are good and poor police reports. Good ones are written by officers who have realized early on that the path to promotion starts with good people skills and with better-than-most report-writing skills. Furthermore, these officers have also discovered, possibly through hard experience, that... (10031 views)
Interviewing Basics for Paralegals and Clients Some law firms ask their paralegals to initiate and conduct all witness interviews for accident, criminal, and similar cases. In these instances, you'll want to follow some careful guidelines to avoid any problems later (when they're usually too large to fix). Using paralegals saves money, and many firms like to give their staffs the chance to track the case from start to... (446 views)
Attorney-Client Workloads and a Paralegal’s Organizing Methods Even the most organized professionals in the most organized office can slip up. But if you adhere to the rules as closely as possible, you won't spend sleepless hours tossing and turning over the 5,000 possible locations of Mr. Smith's file in your office. (6928 views)
The Benefits of Being a Paralegal Paralegals handle paperwork, organize the office, maintain and update client files, monitor the calendar, and research, write, and read. They serve as a liaison with clients, witnesses, other case participants, and outside professionals by gathering and imparting information. They meet, inform, interview, and prod to action. In addition paralegals seek out people,... (2776 views)
Finding the Right People to Help in a Legal Case You've just completed the initial phases of your client's big-money personal injury car-accident case. You've verified the insurance from the other driver, taken care of the client's property damage, sent the client to a doctor for treatment, and reviewed the police report carefully. (8 views)
How Attorneys Handle Their Cases Attorneys' reputations are made and lost by how they handle their cases. The same can also be said for paralegals. How you take a case from the initial client meeting to the settled and closed status shows every person in your office your abilities, skills, knowledge, determination, and commitment to be the client's service advocate. (54 views)
Kinds of Police Reports a Legal Officer Might Need to Take Life and death issues, legal matters, or personal freedoms-and yet offers such unsupervised autonomy. But while police officers are given nearly free rein to do their jobs as they think best, they are also expected to document their activities and their responses to public service calls on a continuous basis. Most officers who retire medically do so because of ailments... (74 views)
Attorney-Client Interview Techniques Attorney-Client Interview Techniques | Legal Staff Feauter | LawCrossing.com (3541 views)
Important Organizational Basics for a Legal Career It's good news-bad news time. The good news is that the law firm you work for has a whole roomful of new clients, and business couldn't be better. The bad news is that the law firm you work for has a whole roomful of clients, and business couldn't be better. (280 views)
The Effective Paralegal Interview Most paralegal applicants have a good array of skills and wonderful personalities. The interview is just the place where some are more effective than others at getting their skills and their personalities across. (369 views)