When I worked in BigLaw, there were plenty of opportunities to exchange ideas and commiserate with co-workers. The office was veritably pulsing with fellow paralegals, IT folks, litigation support people, legal secretaries and document clerks who were all involved somehow in the endeavor of providing excellent service to firm clients. Everyone had a role to…
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Category Archives: freelance paralegal
Stuff I Miss About BigLaw . . . and Stuff I Don’t! (Plus, a Bonus)
No really! Quit laughing! There are things I miss about my life in BigLaw! Such as: 1. I miss having all my MCLEs and training programs paid for by someone else.2. I miss having a team of staff to manage.3. I miss the opportunities to teach training programs.4. I miss the afternoon latte breaks. Note:…
Method to My Madness: Getting More Done
Running my own business requires a different mindset about time management than that which served me as a law firm employee. I have many more tasks requiring my attention, and a different set of priorities. This has necessitated a “re-think” about the organization of my time. As a paralegal in a law firm, my to-do…
Virtual Paralegals in Litigation Part 5: Delegating Appropriate Tasks
A virtual paralegal can offer huge benefits to a litigation practice, providing savings in both time and money. The purpose of this series has been to discuss those benefits, and answer some of the questions litigators have about working with a virtual or remote working paralegal. In recent posts I discussed a way to think…
Virtual Paralegals in Litigation Part 4: Trust!
Can a virtual paralegal benefit a solo or small office litigation practice? Absolutely! The purpose of this series is to discuss those benefits, and answer some of the questions litigators have about working with a virtual or remote working paralegal. In recent posts I discussed a way to think about the title “virtual paralegal,” the…
Virtual Paralegals in Litigation Part 3: Confidentially Speaking
Can a virtual paralegal benefit a solo or small office litigation practice? Absolutely! The purpose of this series is to discuss those benefits, and answer some of the questions litigators have about working with a virtual or remote working paralegal. In recent posts I discussed a way to think about the title “virtual paralegal,” and the common,…
Virtual Paralegals in Litigation Part 2: You Do Have the Technology!
As noted in Part 1, many virtual paralegals encounter resistance among litigation attorneys to utilizing our services. Even though their offices might be perfectly suited to using a virtual paralegal, many litigators are most comfortable with a contractor whom they can see and hear, no matter how small their office might be. In my last…
Virtual Paralegals in Litigation Part 1: Think of us as Telecommuters!
In the legal industry, virtual paralegals are gaining ground in a number of practice areas, such as bankruptcy, corporate matters, and estate planning. However the reality encountered by many of us working virtually is that in the area of litigation many attorneys and law firms are reluctant to contemplate hiring virtual paralegals. To be sure,…
5 Reasons Law Firms Hire Virtual Paralegals
I read an article today on Software (tweeted by @donnaseyle) called Business | 5 Reasons Law Firms Hire Virtual Legal Receptionists, by Ben Anton, which was a dead-on description of why virtual receptionists are so beneficial. It prompted these thoughts of my own. Here is my assessment of why law firms – and solo practitioners –…
Newsletter Launch! Or, Where Have I Been?
It is true that I haven’t posted here for a while. A bit of a noticeable absence. A long pause. So what’s up with that? What have I been doing? Lately I have been preoccupied with planning a new resource that I’m actually quite excited about! It is the launch of my Drescher ProParalegal Newsletter…
