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When looking through job listings, you will sometimes see postings asking for a legal secretary or a legal assistant. Paralegals are sometimes referred to as legal assistants, which can be confusing to someone who is just starting out. After all, our general definition of a secretary is that of an assistant. Legal Secretaries and How…
We have encountered countless students who, despite exhibiting a passion for law, find difficulty choosing the career path to take. Becoming a lawyer tends to be the default option for many students despite having an alternative option that actually suits them better. Paralegals are the less-glamorized, unsung heroes of the judicial sector, and there’s a…
Online education is one of the many advances that technology and the digital world has made available to you. You no longer have to be physically present in class to learn, and while the environment of online learning is different from the traditional classroom setup, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is less effective. Online Education…
What is the Legal Investigation Certificate Course at CLS by BARBRI? The Legal Investigation Certificate Course is a really good course. It talks about being a legal investigator. A legal investigator is somebody who, generally, works for a law firm, or they use legal investigators at the district attorney’s office or at the police department….
Paralegals use all different kinds of ways to organize documents. One thing they can do is put them into a notebook, and you might organize them from the beginning of the case to the end of the case in a notebook all organized with tabs, that tell the attorney exactly where everything can be located.Another…
In this video, Attorney Karen Geiger goes over the methods to position yourself as a top paralegal candidate after graduating. She’ll explain the things to be aware of and how you can position yourself as an invaluable component to your aspiring firm. She also discusses the importance of resumes and cover letters. Ready to start on…
Besides the paralegal certificate, what other certificates are offered at CLS by BARBRI? For one, they’re all interesting. Some of the courses that are offered are family law, so you can learn about working in a family law office, and what paralegals do in family law. There is also victim advocacy, which is really popular right…
In the following video, Attorney Karen Geiger explains the process for becoming a victim advocate, including certificate and education concentrations that deal with victim advocacy. She also discusses what that means for aspiring paralegals who share an interest in the specialized field. Interested in pursuing a concentration in paralegal victim advocacy? We can help! Contact…
A newly certified paralegal will face a litany of questions post-certification during a job interview. This is done so that law firms and prospective employers have a sense of the general knowledge of the paralegal and to gauge what level of value a paralegal will bring to their company. Watch as Karen Geiger explains some of the…
The common depiction of paralegals is never flattering. They’ve been regularly depicted as the lawyer’s or attorney’s right hand man, and this involves doing all the menial tasks that they simply don’t have time to do. Worse, there’s always this general consensus that there’s no advancement in their profession, and that it’s a legal dead…