It’s so easy to get caught up in life, in work, in everything we think we “have” to do or get done. We live in the fast lane nowadays and every year seems to go by a little (okay, a lot) faster. (Has anyone else noticed it’s May already?) How… Continue reading
Identifying needs and goals Last time, we found out how costly it is to pay for less than the best. Now that we know, we need to work on improving our methods for finding the best paralegal support possible. With Mike’s technique, finding good paralegal support begins before we start… Continue reading
It’s hard to believe almost three months have passed since starting this blog. While I have lots of information to share, I really wanted to start by explaining the role of paralegals in the legal profession and defining freelance paralegals and paralegal services since both topics serve as the basis… Continue reading
The true cost of lower-level support The introduction to this series identified the challenge in finding good support, and briefly considered how we’ve traditionally looked for support. Those traditional methods can be costly when they don’t work. During the business seminar I attended, Mike shared a wealth of statistics and information… Continue reading
Greetings and Happy New Year! During the past month I’ve spent a lot of time both reflecting on 2010 and looking toward 2011. This past year has been a year of tremendous growth and unexpected surprise for me, both professionally and personally. It was also a year of challenge. I… Continue reading
Like law firms, corporate legal departments generally have plenty of office space, attorneys, paralegals, support staff, and benefits. And, many of the challenges they face are the same challenges law firms face. But as corporate legal departments, they also have some of their very own challenges. Just as they do solos and… Continue reading
What’s in a name? If you’re looking for support for your practice, probably far more than you anticipated. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re downright confused by the mass enumeration of titles floating around out there for legal support. So much so that the confusion as to what… Continue reading
When you work as a paralegal in a law firm or legal department, everyone knows your purpose; after all, they hired you to do the job. However, since I began offering paralegal services to attorneys on a full-time basis, I found that MANY attorneys, especially younger attorneys, don’t actually know the… Continue reading
The question of why an attorney would need support has come up in the past. And if you’re fortunate enough to always have a manageable caseload that never increases, never have competing deadlines, never worry about reducing overhead, cutting costs, or increasing your client base, and have paralegal(s) who are… Continue reading
If you’re familiar with Paralegal Support 101, you know that I keep it separate from my business, Integrative Legal Support. I do so because I want Paralegal Support 101 to serve strictly as a free knowledgebase for attorneys, law firms, and legal departments. Today, I’m going to change that up some, but for good… Continue reading