Getting a Job as a Legal Secretary If you are confident, can keep up with a heavy workload, and are good at multitasking, you may be able to be a legal secretary. A legal secretary's daily tasks are multiple and may include typing, filing, editing, and meeting with clients to get documents signed or to witness clients' signatures on important legal documents, such as powers of attorney or last wills and... (827 views)
10 Good Reasons to Become a Paralegal Becoming a paralegal can be an important step in one’s career and provide an opportunity to work in a legal environment without having to be a lawyer. Paralegals are usually well paid, and it has been predicted that job prospects will be on the rise for paralegals through 2014. Here are 10 good reasons to become a paralegal in the workforce today. (20721 views)
Becoming a Legal File Clerk Can Be a Great Entry into the Field of Law If you're interested in the field of law and can't stop watching Law & Order reruns, get an entry-level job at a law firm and see where your interests really lie. Your interest in criminal justice can lead to a successful and lucrative career with the right degree training. Working in one of the legal support professions can give individuals the opportunity to work... (12970 views)
Jobs for People Interested in the Legal Profession: Law Careers You Can Pursue If You Do Not Attend or Complete Law School If you are interested in pursuing a legal career that doesn't require a law degree, there are plenty of such jobs that are in demand in the legal field. These jobs include court administrators, court interpreters, forensic animators, and legal videographers. (1467 views)
Career or Transitory...Which Road is the Best? Ever wondered where a certain paralegal path will take you? Why not ask someone who has explored both options? Jeffrey Lais, who grew up north of Boston and in Nashville, Tennessee, gave us the inside scoop on how to decide which route to pursue. (364 views)
How Cynthia Young Got Her Job as a Paralegal This week, Cynthia Young, paralegal coordinator for Wolff & Samson, PC, in West Orange, NJ, tells LawCrossing how she got her job: (70 views)
How Brian Baxter Got His Job as a Legal Assistant This week, Brian Baxter tells LawCrossing how he got his job as a legal assistant for Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC. (36 views)
How Miata Holmes Got Her Job as a Paralegal Miata Holmes, a paralegal at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, in Los Angeles, CA, tells LawCrossing how she got her job: (25 views)
How Ed Tomchin found his new job in a law firm "For most of my legal career, I worked freelance for any number of attorneys. I'd prepare a small three-fold brochure, which I'd copy a few hundred times and mail to all the sole practitioners and small firms in whatever area I happened to be living at the time. I reasoned that the larger firms would want staff employees rather than a freelancer, and my experience bore... (18 views)
How Robert Smith Got His Job as as Paralegal This week, Robert Smith, a paralegal in the Law Offices of Edward A. Smith in Sacramento, CA, tells LawCrossing how he got his job: (31 views)
How Marcia Meekins, a Paralegal, Got Her Job Marcia Meekins, a paralegal at Rhumb Line, LLC, in Richmond, VA, tells LawCrossing how she got her job: (18 views)
How Farmer started her career found her job through a legal recruiter Kristine Farmer, a trial paralegal for Keith A. Langley at Godwin Pappas Langley Ronquillo, LLP, in Dallas, TX, deals with ''complex disputes for national construction companies involving construction and design defect claims, default terminations, affirmative construction claims, and all kinds of contract bond defaults.'' (6 views)
How Alvarado-Garza Got Her Job as a Paralegal This week, LawCrossing speaks with Thelma Alvarado-Garza about how she found her job. A paralegal at the firm of Whitehurst, Harkness, Ozmun & Brees in Austin, TX, Alvarado-Garza has been a paralegal for 16 years in the plaintiff's personal injury area. (10 views)
How Coolidge began her Law career and began her first job This week, LawCrossing talks with Katherine K. Coolidge about how she got her job. Coolidge, a law librarian for Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas, LLP, was a lawyer before she became a law librarian. After becoming more and more unhappy with the practice of law, she decided to go to library school. (11 views)
Freelance Paralegals: A Balancing Act Handling a career and a family at the same time can be difficult, especially if one is committed to a time-intensive profession such as the legal profession. So how does one with legal career and a family manage? (1241 views)
Alternative Preparation for Law School Legal secretaries and paralegals often assist attorneys with a wide range of tasks, from meeting with clients to drafting motions. Consequently, these individuals are well acquainted with the practical aspects of law practice. However, for those who wish to attend law school and become attorneys, gaining experience in these positions is a good way to evaluate if law school... (15 views)
Non-Attorney Legal Careers: The Crossroads of Changing Jobs While it has become commonplace for most people to have multiple careers throughout their lives, some professions, such as the practice of law, are largely considered to be lifetime choices. The time, hard work, and expense involved in attaining a law degree, and the subsequent paychecks, are strong incentives for a lawyer to remain in the field. However, more and more... (694 views)
Helping to Protect Others: Employment Opportunities in Homeland Security Helping to Protect Others: Employment Opportunities in Homeland Security Whether it's assisting with border protection, emergency preparedness, or information analysis, employment opportunities in homeland security are bountiful, and a legal background or experience can serve job seekers well in this field. (112 views)
Immigration Law Offers Legal Staff a Diverse and Personal Work Environment Diversity is the cornerstone of immigration, and not only when it comes to newcomers. For non-attorney legal professionals working in the field, immigration law also reflects great diversity during any given workday. (286 views)
Legal Nurse Consultants Provide Medical Expertise to Firms in Need When a case involves medical questions and requires extensive medical knowledge, attorneys often turn to a fairly new breed of experts for help: legal nurse consultants. They may be the key to sorting out medical issues in a case. (620 views)
Law Enforcement as a Career Career opportunities are wide open for those armed with a law degree. One of the many alternatives to working in a law firm is a career in law enforcement. (667 views)