Sentences with phrase «hired as a paralegal»

The main paralegal resume objective I aim for is to get hired as a paralegal in a law firm or for a lawyer that needs a professional paralegal with experience in the field.

The main paralegal resume objective I aim for is to get hired as a paralegal in a competitive law firm or for a lawyer that needs a professional paralegal with experience in the field.

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After advertising with FindLaw on a very limited scale I began to quickly realize that I would need to re-evaluate my business objectives as I was receiving more work from the FindLaw advertising then I could complete without hiring at least one paralegal.

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If you're finding that you're spending more time on administrative tasks than on billable work (as, according to the 2017 Legal Trends Report, many lawyers are), it may be time to hire a paralegal or legal assistant, or to use technology to make some of your administrative tasks more efficient.

I would describe what I did with Ann's practice as I absorbed her practice, so I absorbed her litigation operations, I kept her paralegal, she had another attorney who was working with her, she joined our firm, and then I hired Ann's longtime law clerk who just graduated and passed the bar, I hired her as a second attorney in that office so now we have two attorney's in Shakopee.

Before posting a job ad on Craigslist, consider other hiring options such as a paralegal — even if your burgeoning caseload is screaming for help.

Bonkalo has also recommended paralegals should not have to seek a judge's permission before entering court, as it would create uncertainty and would be a disincentive to hiring a paralegal.

Gain acceptance in administrative areas where high priced lawyers are used and the administrator can do the job, such as investing money, screening resumes of lawyers, arranging recruitment schedules, writing position description and hiring paralegals, and in some cases secretaries (this may be delegated in a large firm), even though the lawyer to whom the person is to be assigned may approve of the person before hiring.

Even when they were later hired as full time law firm employees, techs were (and in some firms still are) considered rather dimmed witted necessary evils, with lower status than secretaries, and nowhere near the status of a paralegal.

Our experienced staff, including former practicing attorneys and paralegals, can provide top legal professionals on a temporary basis for general workload management, litigation support, and business transaction support; as well as search and placement services for long - term hiring needs.

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

«With that comes the hiring of full - time attorneys and paralegals as well as project legal staff during litigation peaks and document intensive transactions,» states Volkert.

If, as I suspect, that communications like this one are intended to induce inmates to hire «paralegals» to prosecute section 2255 motions, I am concerned that federal prisoners are being fleeced.

As law firms are looking to cut down costs and increase efficiency, paralegals are more affordable hiring alternatives to attorneys and they are able to perform a wider range of duties.

They may work with clients, secretaries, paralegals and judges as well, depending on the setting they are hired in.

TEMP - TO - HIRE ASSISTANT PARALEGALS LOCATION: Washington, D.C. (metro - accessible) REGULAR SCHEDULED HOURS: Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. *** Must be flexible to work overtime as needed...