Re: Survival Skills for New Paralegals
Posted by Stunted paralegal on 1/01/08

On 12/17/07, Lisa M. Newman wrote:
> Hello. My name is Lisa M. Newman. As President of Marigold
> Consulting, I offer professional development workshops. In
> March 2008, I am offering an 8-hour workshop
> entitled, "Survival Skills for New Paralegals" in Atlanta,
> Georgia. It will cover time management skills, case
> management and organization, timekeeping and billing,
> interpersonal commmunication skills, and ethical issues for
> paralegals. For more information, please email me at
> lisa@marigoldconsulting.com or visit
> www.marigoldconsulting.com.

Recent add for a paralegal in the Atlanta area:
"Strong litigation support and technical history a must!
Requirements include database experience including
Concordance, Summation, JFS Litigators Notebook."

Would you consider offer training in these tech support
areas? I see more and more job ads for firms saying they are
highly technical now and are a paperless office. With e-
filing, document scanning into databases, and e-discovery,
every paralegal needs to keep up with technology.
Unfortunately, I have worked for a small plaintiff's firm and
have gotten behind. The community colleges do not offer
these legal specific training. How does one keep up?

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Survival Skills for New Paralegals, 12/17/07, by Lisa M. Newman.
• Re: Survival Skills for New Paralegals, 1/01/08, by Stunted paralegal.
• Re: Survival Skills for New Paralegals, 1/02/08, by Lisa Newman.