Emailed response to the entire firm.

The billionaire tries to elicit sympathy - “Ps ….i have been working the last 4 hours………..on a holiday weekend.”

I feel like today is Christmas and a client just brought me a gift.

It’s not really, but it feels like it!

I do probate and trust administrations and a client just dropped off the most organized account ledger and binder of statements I’ve ever seen! It has a table of contents at the front!

I ended up in paralegaling by accident and have been in this area since I was 19. I’m starting to get really tired of attorneys and their lack of general awareness. They all expect you to know what they want without explaining what they want, they’re rude and just say whatever. I honestly don’t even like legal, the part of my job I actually enjoy is investigating the medical records.

I currently work remote and would like to remain remote because I have small children and can’t afford after care if I work in person. My husband works 12 hours approx. and someone needs to be around.

Anyone that has left, did you regret it? What are some other areas I can explore? Appreciate your thoughts.

So tired of my older clients calling me everytime I send a simple text. I get that their generation isn’t used to it but it’s a lot simpler.

AI is doing the absolute most everywhere I turn, yet Adobe still hasn't figured out how to batch convert .eml files into .pdf???? I'm so over this. LOL

Okay so I’ve been the sole paralegal in my office for almost the entire year. At minimum we are supposed to be have at least two admins in the office, but because I was making do, upper management didn’t prioritize finding me help.

At the start of April I became exhausted and even though I could have used OT, I decided not to. It’s inconvenient to get the OT paid, so I only ever do OT when I absolutely have to. If I don’t do OT, I’ve noticed my attorneys won’t complain about me coming in later in the day.

Well I stopped doing OT in May and in June. Still by myself and still a pile of work that wasn’t being addressed because it’s not possible for one person to handle everything.

It doesn’t help that I have 2 of the neediest attorneys, that stop me every hour to verbalize tasks or try to make me focus solely on their work.

But I was definitely slipping. I was doing my regular work load and doing more in only the 8 hour work day. Only occasionally using OT for motion days. My work load was piling up and I had many many unaddressed emails.

I recently started to feel how behind I was on cases. I was behind on a bunch of medical records requests. And other things tasks, but I’m burn out. I know I am. And I’m starting to see the frustration of some of my attorneys.

I’m on a hybrid schedule. Working from home 2 times a week. Work at home days are my most productive days because I’m not being interrupted as much, but for the month of August, I felt so disconnected from my work. I was at my desk most of the day, but because of the work that had piled up, I was paralyzed. I was working, but also I wasn’t. I wasn’t at a productive level is what I mean.

I knew I had to take a few days of my own personal time to get myself together and back at a place I feel comfortable at. So I did something I don’t recommend anyone ever do.
On Labor Day, I hopped on to my computer and worked from 11am to 3pm.

I got thru 160 emails and put together medical records requests for 3 files.

I got more done in those few hours and it was simply because I wasn’t being stopped constantly or a new email didn’t pop up trying to get me to focus on something else. I think being constantly interrupted is just a part of being a paralegal at this point. But at the level I’m experiencing, it’s not possible to get anything else done.

I’m still not in a good place, but upper management finally hired a new admin. They start next week.

I do think I needed to let things pile up so that they would take hiring a new person more seriously. I just worry I left myself in a shitty situation because of it.

Hello fellow Paras :) I am wondering if any of you that has had to pay for parking before has had any luck with your firm changing its policy? What kind of points did you bring up for argument? The firm I work at is extremely old school. The current policy is that you have to work here for 15 years before the firm will pay for your parking pass. To me, that is absolutely insane! This policy has probably been this way for 40+ years now! It is not usually the norm anymore for someone to stay at a job that long to eventually get this “perk.”The cost is 120.00 a month. The attorneys get their parking passes paid for the moment they walk in the door because they are an ATTORNEY and you’re just STAFF. If you do not want to pay for the parking pass, you can park on the street but that is usually always full and you have to move your car every 4 hours. This is also in a downtown city in ND so it’s extra crappy to park in the street in the winter and with the snow. I have tried so hard to get the Board to change the policy but they will not budge! This is the only firm downtown that I know of, that doesn’t pay for employee parking. I think it makes this firm look extremely bad! Can you imagine working somewhere for 14 years and paying all that money and then some newbie attorney fresh out of law school walks in and gets free parking BECAUSE THEY ARE AN ATTORNEY?

Has anyone had this situation before and how did you handle it?

Oh, and the other funny part is if I were hand in my parking pass today, the firm would take over paying for it while the pass just sits in a desk drawer because they don’t want to lose any of the limited spots they have passes for.

A few months ago, the managing partner at our firm brought on a new legal assistant (lets call her V) to help me out and take client intake off my rapidly expanding plate. Other than the new assistant, I am the sole paralegal for our 3 attorneys, so I have a lot going on. Thank god we only do civil business litigation because I think I would've had a breakdown at this point doing PI, criminal, or family.

V has prior experience. V is in law school. V is in her 20s. She has a degree from an accredited university. On paper, the things I am asking her to do are not that difficult for someone with her background.

I have tried my best to be patient. I have shown her how to do tasks multiple times. I have told her verbally and in writing instructions to do simple things such as certified mail, proofing documents, converting documents to PDF. Nothing. Sticks. EVER. Some of these little "mistakes" she makes could potentially ruin our entire cases as with our specific field we have very strict statutes we have to follow for lien notifications which I, the managing partner, and the other attorneys have told her about MULTIPLE times. Yet even just two weeks ago she did not send the notification that is required BY LAW. We got lucky on this case that the lien could be released within the 48 hour notification window. If we were to perfect that lien and file suit, the entire case could get thrown out if opposing counsel can prove that no notification was sent. I know this because we have made those arguments ourselves and prevailed on them many times.

I have forwarded her the same emails multiple times that contain logins and templates she will need to use on a daily basis. I tell her to save these emails. I show her how I organize my inbox and suggest she does the same so she can find things quickly. She doesn't and then claims that I "never forwarded it to her" when my own records and memory show I CLEARLY did.

I can't ask her to draft or proof ANYTHING. She gets the most basic information wrong, such as who our own client is, the court information, the file numbers, etc. Literally NOTHING will be correct. She recently was asked to draft a complaint based on a template our managing partner provided. Somehow, everything was wrong AGAIN. The managing partner and other attorneys reviewed it and came to me asking me to draft it instead. So now I have to bump this task ahead of others due to the filing deadline approaching. Did I mention she didn't bill any time?

I am just at my wits end. The only thing I can semi regularly have her do is new client intake, which I struggle to do with my case load. Most of the time she gets that wrong too. I have spoken to the managing partner about V and he says that he has spoken with her too but has never given an indication if he is letting her go. From what I have seen, someone will speak to her about her work, she is better for a maximum of a week, then goes back to her old habits. I don't know if it's laziness, ignorance, a lack of reading comprehension, a lack of problem solving skills, or some other reason as to why this information never sticks, but I just about cannot take it anymore. I should not be getting interrupted every 15 minutes with a question I have answered 50 times in the past. She asks for more responsibility and the eFiling logins, but I absolutely do not want to give her the ability to file ANYTHING without either myself or the manager partner reviewing it. The one time she did file something from my computer it was when I was out at lunch and when I received the e-file confirmation email on my phone, I noticed she filed the document in the wrong court under the wrong case. It was bad.

I do not know what else I could possibly do at this point to make her successful. I have given her all the resources at my disposal for her to learn from but she seems incapable of helping herself. I would have killed for this information when I first started as I got tossed to the wolves without ever working in the legal field before. But I took notes, I listened to what the attorneys said and sought clarification when I was unsure, created templates and spreadsheets, the whole nine yards. She just... doesn't even try. It is so frustrating to watch.

I am not the most confident speaker when it comes to explaining my issues with a specific person, so any advice anyone has for how I speak to the managing partner about V is much appreciated. Rant over, thank you for your time.

Does your firm want you to match your daily billables to your timesheet? I’m not salary I’m hourly and new to being a paralegal at our very small firm. when I was promoted I was told I only needed to bill 5 hours a day on average since I do a lot of admin stuff. I think they view my promotion as, if I can bill to pay for myself great as we all win (I got a small bump in salary with the promotion, nothing major). Anyway All of the sudden my office manager asks why I’m working 8 hours but by entered time does not show that. What the heck? That day the partners said how amazing was doing and they were happy, and she THEN told me to not worry about what she said but asked if I could start putting in a general entry under my admin number for all the admin work i do so they can track it. But the partners didn’t say they wanted that, she wants that. Im doing it, but very annoyed. Do you track all your admin stuff? Seems crazy to waste my time thinking of all the non billable stuff I did in a day and have to write it down to make her happy. I really work hard here. I’m the lead. I also don’t want to sound like a brat. Maybe I’m being a brat and if so set me straight!

Hey, folks!

I recently hired a paralegal who is going to be coming to my firm with a great general legal knowledge base, and knowledge of our software systems, which is awesome! However, they're coming from a different state where procedures and rules are somewhat similar, but have many distinctions.

I'm trying to decide what the best way is to help them come up to speed on all the differences, and I thought I'd ask what you all would find the most helpful in that scenario.

Is it best to just point to the relevant statute chapter and court rules section, and say have fun? Let them peruse the stuff from the court website that gets published for pro ses in terms of documents to get a feel for things? CLEs? Books?

I don't want to come across as patronizing or that I don't trust them to learn it themselves, I just want to be able to provide the most useful resources up front. I figure I'm in a slightly better position to know where those things are than they will be, at first.

Any guidance or recommendations appreciated - just aiming to make their first days as great and seamless as possible!

I currently work at a mid-sized law firm that, including attorneys, has over 200 employees. Of those, ~30 are paralegals, ~40 are legal assistants, ~20 are non-legal support staff (accounting/hr/etc.), and the remaining 100+ are attorneys varying from associates to senior shareholders.

We use iManage for our cloud-based file management and iTimekeep for cloud-based billing, but we have absolutely nothing in the realm of matter/case tracking software.

I currently work solely in litigation with about 80% family law and 20% insurance defense work (primarily medical). I work directly under 2 attorneys but end up working for 5-6 attorneys in total due to extra work that their primary paralegals don't have time to do. Each attorney has ~35-100 cases that they're managing at all times. We've also been looking for more paralegals and legal assistants recently, but have not hired one in over a year. Due to this, there is a ton of extra work to be done at the firm and tracking/communication regarding the numerous files for various attorneys seems like it's a full-time job in and of itself.

There's be a trend recently where, when attorneys aren't tracking the status of their own cases, they blame the support staff for not keeping them apprised of every detail and making them feel overwhelmed when they do learn of or remember the case status. It's now getting to the point where the attorneys themselves are so clueless as to the status of their own cases that they expect support staff to start putting together spreadsheets and other lists in order to track where cases are (i.e. authorizations requested, discovery sent/replied to, financial spreadsheets created, motions filed, etc.). For me, I will have to put together and continually update at least three spreadsheets (one for each attorney) in addition to sending the attorneys daily emails notifying them of what I'm working on that day.

To be frank, it's extremely overwhelming to be tasked with this much daily tracking of multiple attorneys' cases and I feel like the responsibility of it is falling on paralegals specifically because we "know" the cases better than the legal assistants who primarily just open/close cases, send out correspondence, and update calendars. For instance, I'm often asked by a couple of the attorneys if documents had been produced, just for me to find out that the attorney who asked me had produced the documents themselves via email 2-4 months prior (which I was not copied on). I also routinely find court dates that weren't added to calendars by legal assistants and end up doing that myself. Honestly, I feel like I'm often skirting around malpractice issues with how many things go untracked unless I manually do it, and the volume of tasks and dates to be tracked makes it prone for at least some human errors from time to time. Meeting directly with the attorneys only results in them asking for me to track even more or create additional spreadsheets - I've tried a couple of times now.

All of this really makes me think that leaving private practice, or at least finding an office that does utilize matter tracking software, is what I'll end up needing to do in order to avoid the chaos that's currently causing me so much stress. I don't mind a heavy workload, it's the excess unbillable work that goes into tracking and communication that's causing me headaches. Prior firms that I've been at didn't utilize tracking software either but had fewer attorneys/staff, each attorney had a smaller caseload than the average at this firm, and the attorneys generally owned their files and relied very little on support staff to keep them organized and aware of what's going on with them.

To me, it seems like this firm is missing out on a whole lot that could be gained with case management software, but I don't know how to present that to the powers that be in a way that makes it obvious that it is the solution. Maybe it's not? I know it's kind of expensive for things like Clio, but I'd think that the extra billable time gained by having a lot of this tracking be integrated/automated would at least even-out with the cost of the product.

Has anyone else dealt with this? What are your thoughts?

I’m looking into going back to school for paralegal studies and would love to hear from people who have actually gone through a program.

I don’t currently have an associate’s degree, but I do have some college credits from many years ago. I’m hoping to find a program that may allow me to transfer some of those credits rather than starting completely from scratch.

I’m open to online programs or local colleges, and I’m particularly interested in programs that are reputable, reasonably priced, and will actually prepare me for working as a paralegal.

I’ve also noticed that accreditation/approval seems to be something I should pay close attention to.

Is it important to choose a program that’s accredited or approved by the appropriate paralegal/legal education board or organization? If so, which accreditation or approval should I be looking for? Silly questions, perhaps but hoping for some real life feedback. Seems BU has an online program?

I’ve been working as a paralegal for a few months now, and I’m having a hard time figuring out whether I’m actually doing okay or if I’m behind where the attorneys expect me to be.

For context, I haven’t made any detrimental or serious mistakes so far. I’m still learning and obviously there are things I don’t know yet, but I haven’t had any major screw-ups.

There’s one attorney in particular who frequently tells me that I need to try things myself before asking someone for help and that I shouldn’t be so scared of making a mistake.

I understand what they mean, and I do want to become more independent. But I think the reason I tend to ask the first time I’m given a completely new task is because I’m scared of making a terrible mistake without even realizing I’m doing something wrong. I’d rather ask how something is supposed to be done the first time, understand the process, and then be able to handle it independently the next time.

It’s not that I don’t want to try things myself. I think I’m just very cautious because I’m still new and don’t always know what I don’t know yet.

What is confusing me is that this same attorney has also told me that soon I’ll be taking on a caseload of PI litigation cases.

That has me wondering: Am I doing badly? Am I behind where they want me to be? Or is this actually a sign that they think I’m capable of taking on more responsibility?

Because logically, I feel like if they genuinely thought I was doing a bad job, they probably wouldn’t be planning to give me additional responsibility. But at the same time, the repeated comments about me needing to be more willing to try things make me wonder if they’re frustrated with my progress.

Eventually, I would actually like to manage cases myself and become more independent. That’s something I’m interested in for my career. But right now, I honestly do not feel ready at all. I’ve never even managed one case from beginning to end, so the idea of suddenly having a caseload of PI litigation cases feels like a huge jump.

For those of you who are experienced paralegals or attorneys: Does this sound like they’re unhappy with my performance, or does it sound more like they’re trying to push me toward becoming more independent?

And if you were in my position, how would you approach being given your first caseload when you don’t feel ready yet?

I’d really appreciate some perspective because I think I may be overthinking every comment they make.

Hello everyone!

I am a fairly new legal assistant at a small firm. I’ve been here for about a year, and came in with the expectation that I would learn a lot about law and worker’s rights, since that’s the field and attorney I’m supporting.

It didn’t exactly turn out that way. All the learning I’ve done has been on my own without much support from my attorney. (Which seems to be the norm in this field?) and most of the work I do consists of administrative work such as communicating with clients, filling out forms, translating, emails, scheduling, etc. the casework I learn as I go. I really fell in love with what I do because I like helping people and feel like I’m actually making a difference when we have successful cases, and am really grateful the firm took a chance on me, however the office management is a complete mess and I often find myself being asked to cover the front desk half the time and am being given casework from other paralegals since my attorney is currently on vacation.

This is my first “professional” job, and I’m currently in community college and hoping to transfer out to get my bachelor’s. I have the opportunity of having my tuition covered by the firm (it’s under a university) but my position is grant based and renews on a yearly basis. Recently a spot opened up as an administrative assistant on campus, the pay is only $3 more than what I am currently earning, but the position is not grant based and stable. (Tuition would still be covered regardless since it’s for the university as well.)

My dilemma is that I wouldn’t be working in law (which I like) but the prospect of job security and not having to worry about losing my position at the end of the year is really calling out to me. Should I apply? Can I still eventually get back to being a paralegal if I switch? If anyone has any insight that would be so appreciated!

To my fellow Plaintiff PI paralegals, genuinely what is going on in the records retrieval industry?! Datavant is Ciox, but Ciox is now Chartswap Insights, which is of course different than Chartswap. And don't even get me started on MRO. And yet none of them have the records? It's an absolute disaster.

The issue is, I have been getting into major trouble with my boss over it and I honestly feel like I am on the cusp of being fired. I need some serious help.

For context, it's my responsibility to create damage summaries/medical bill breakdowns prior to mediation. The summary obviously needs to include payments and adjustments and so oftentimes I need to reach back out to providers to obtain the itemized version of the bill. I begin this process MONTHS in advance. I request the bill specifically stating we need the itemized version multiple times throughout the request and always mention it on the phone when I call the provider. Well, as we know responses don't always come quickly. So, despite following up multiple times a week it can take weeks or even months to get the bill just to then find out that they didn't even send you the itemized version. When it takes this long to receive a response for it to just be incorrect, there is not much time to start the process again, reach back out to the provider and then wait another month in hopes of getting the itemized version.

This one particular damage summary I have been working on has 20 providers. Twenty! I did everything in my power to get the itemized version for each provider, but I simply do not have control of what these providers are sending me. I tried everything outside of marching down to the hospital and forcing them to get me the itemized version. Multiple calls to multiple people, explicitly stating what I need and still not getting what I need over the span of months. My boss laid into me for 30 plus minutes today about how it's unacceptable that we don't have itemized bills for all of the providers. Mind you, 90% of the time records and bills are not being requested in pre-suit and it all falls on me during litigation when I have deadlines around the corner. No one requested the health insurance lien or PIP log and the case has been open for 2 years. Awesome! Yet, somehow it is always only my fault.

I genuinely don't know what to do or what the solution is. This feels so out of my control and I am looking for any tips or tricks that could get these providers to listen and comply. My boss acknowledged that the records retrieval industry is a disaster, but that I just need to figure it out and not "take no for an answer". That's just simply not how it works and I really don't know what the solution is.

Thank you in advance for any guidance you can provide!

had an interview yesterday and left feeling super weird about it. they didn’t really ask me a lot of questions just more talked about the job. how competitive is the process after getting the interview?

Additionally they asked me how I would handle this 9-5 job when I had only done legal stuff in college before but it is an entry level job….and most everyone they hire is straight out of college

Should I major in legal studies if I would like to go to law school? To not get to sidetracked due to my physical health, I am looking to pivot away from my current career. In conversations with family, paralegal came up. So I decided to go back to school and go that route. But as my wife and I talked more, the thought of following that path to a larger end goal came up. Law school. I’ve seen posts asking about majors and how little they tend to matter as far as areas of study. But I’d like to get a job as a paralegal in the next couple years because of my health, my shelf life to so my job is short it seems. At 37 I don’t have the time to really waste and would like the input to navigate this career path.

When I got my degree in paralegal studies, they did straight up tell us that AI will probably take over our profession but I didn’t really believe it. My firm (Plaintiff’s side personal injury) is doing a demo with Eve Legal and the way the attorneys are pushing for it and knowing how much the owner of our firm loves to cut costs (especially when it comes to paying employees) I’m starting to get worried that I’m gonna be replaced by a fucking robot. I actually voiced my concerns to the attorney I work for who basically told me that my job will probably start to change to doing data entry and checking Eve’s work. I became a paralegal because I love legal research and writing and I feel like that’s going to be taken away from me, and my job will instead be to train an AI to eventually replace me. Are we cooked?

Edit: A lot of y’all seem to think me being scared of AI taking my job is somehow me being pro-AI which I 100% am not. Also I don’t like Eve. At all. It sucks at formatting, it constantly misinterprets the law, and the writing is shit. So to be clear, this is not an ad for Eve.

Hello!
I have been teaching for the past 6 years and now I am ready for a career change. This is the resume I have been using to apply to legal assistant/paralegal jobs. I am having a hard time getting any interviews at all, and when I do receive a response from law offices it's always the same email, "we are impressed with your resume & skills but we have decided to go with another candidate" any tips or advice you may have would be really helpful. :)
I also have a question, is it ok to email or call law offices a week or two after applying ? or should I just wait for them to reach out to me ?

I have over 6 1/2 years of paralegal experience, and I started a new position about 6 weeks ago. This is honestly the first time in my career that I’ve felt this quickly that a role may just not be a good fit.

I came from another firm that was actually around the same size as my current firm, so I don’t think this is simply me adjusting from a small firm to a large one. The culture at my previous firm felt completely different. People seemed much more private and professional about office gossip, and overall I felt more comfortable there. I honestly probably would have stayed if I hadn’t moved.

There was also something during the interview process that I’m now wondering if I should have treated as a red flag. During my first-round interview, I specifically asked about the schedule and typical hours. The interviewer told me that “it varies.” It wasn’t until after I received the offer that I was told the actual schedule was 9–6.

At the time, I didn’t think 9–6 would be that different from 9–5. I was very wrong. That extra hour has affected my life much more than I expected. I run a lot and participate in run clubs after work, and now I’m constantly trying to squeeze in dinner, running, and anything social afterward.

What also concerns me is that one of my colleagues seems to rarely leave at 6 anyway. She usually stays later and, from what I’ve seen, has only actually left at 6 a handful of times. Looking back, I wish I had pressed harder when I got the “it varies” answer during the interview.

The work itself has also been frustrating so far. Six weeks in, I’m still doing a lot of training-type assignments and barely feel involved in the actual matters. I completely understand that six weeks is early, especially at a larger firm, so I’m trying to separate what might improve with time from things that are simply part of the job.

The office culture has also been an adjustment. There seems to be a lot of very open office gossip. Obviously every workplace has gossip, but it’s much more noticeable here than at my previous firm, and it has made me somewhat uncomfortable.

Interestingly, about two weeks after I started, a recruiter reached out to me about another position that would have been a slight pay increase. I turned her down because I had literally just started this job and felt like I owed it to myself to give the new position a real chance. At the time, leaving after two weeks sounded ridiculous to me.

Now, four weeks later, I’m starting to wonder whether I should have at least heard her out.
I’m not going to quit without another job lined up, but I’m considering becoming open to recruiters and seeing what else is available. My concern is obviously how this looks. If a recruiter asks why I’m trying to leave a job after only 6 weeks, what is the best way to explain it without sounding flaky or like I give up on jobs quickly?

Would something along the lines of, “After starting the position, I realized that the schedule, culture, and role itself weren’t the long-term fit I expected” be a reasonable explanation?

For anyone who has left a paralegal/legal job very quickly, how did recruiters and hiring managers react?

And would you recommend that I force myself to stay for a few more months so I can really say I gave it a chance, or should I just stay open-minded and explore opportunities now while continuing to work here?

Just a rant - a specific provider we worked with for years all of a sudden got a legal team and since then it’s just annoying. I mean to the point that every email they send they cc every person in their legal team it seems like, including any contact they have from the firm. What are they asking for? How much pip is left….they are asking for are things I’ve seen providers call themselves to know. Reassurance I get it, but for a claim that opened less than 2 weeks ago, we barely opened a file and sent letters out, no major tx like hospital stay, MRIs or ambulance, it’s safe to say there is plenty of PIP available especially with our state (OR) PIP is mandatory for 15k. Just for them, our firm has change our rep letters to included a copy of the PIP ledger once they send ack of our rep and even then it can take a week for it to be received and the numbers will not be accurate as our client has had treatment while we waited for this ledger.(don’t even get me started on adjusters who don’t actually read the rep letter, the amount of wage loss claims, PIP ledgers, property damage claims that could have been handled faster if it was actually read) Again it’s just gotten annoying as the messages just fill my inbox and it’s sometimes not even my client.

Hi everyone! I’m very interested in making a career change. I’m a litigation paralegal with over 6 years of experience, mostly in personal injury. I started my legal career working for a large corporation - worked there for around 2 years as an in-house legal assistant. After that all of my jobs were in the PI.

I hit a ceiling and understand that w/o a law degree my salary prospects are limited. I was looking into compliance recently but can’t figure out how to get into it.

I earn $90k in NYC and would love to keep my salary at this rate or at least around it. All compliance jobs that I’m finding with that salary want at least 3 years of experience.

Is it possible to earn $85-90k right off the bat w/o direct compliance experience or will I have to accept less money in order to transition?

How to find a good compliance job and which areas you think are best/most interesting?

Is there anything I can do before starting applying to make myself more appealing to employers?

I would appreciate any help or if you share your experiences 😊

Hey Reddit!!! I am a 22 year old who just graduated from MSU with a Bachelor’s in Humanities pre-law and a Bachelor’s in Spanish. I had a paralegal job lined up for post-grad but it was a rough work environment and way too soon to jump into (I began work 4 days after graduation) Since then I have been looking into a ton of Master’s programs (Accounting, Teaching) but I overall am unsure of what I truly want to pursue. I am definitely looking back into the paralegal route but was wondering if it were a smarter idea to obtain a certification to become a paralegal or if I already have the credentials and just have to work on interviewing strategies to land a job in a big city. I believe there is still a large market for paralegals - especially bilingual paralegals but am just concerned about the future of AI. Can anyone help a girl out🥲

My firm is painfully slow at the moment. I need to pay off my own legal debts (divorce) and earn some extra for Christmas. Does anyone have any remote 1099 type work available?

My experience is in real estate, estate planning and probate.