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10 links to bookmark for every paralegal

How do you access your favorite sites, top resources, and go-to information? Check out this list of 10 links to bookmark and how to do so.

7 sneaky things that waste a paralegal’s time

How do you spend your time? Discover some surprising ways that you might be losing time over the course of the day, even as you intend to save it.

Work smarter, not harder: 6 benefits to using fewer vendors

Should your firm rely on a different vendor for every service? Or are there benefits to using fewer vendors? Learn more about why less is more.

12 hacks for an office summer refresh

Spring is often an extremely busy time in the legal world, but as summer comes around, vacations and reduced litigation can actually make more time for brushing up on projects around the office. Consider using the coming weeks to take

7 strategies for organizing your digital workspace

For many people, an organized life is all about simplicity. From physical desktop to digital workspace, organized surroundings can bring a surprising amount of clarity to one’s life. An organized digital workspace can be particularly useful to those who work

Tips for taking a break from work—and why it matters

The prevalence of portable electronics has pushed us as professionals to always be “on.” Because we can work from anywhere, we often feel like we should work from everywhere. But is this constant drive to produce actually harming our productivity?

Bringing effective legal project management to your team

For decades, the term “project management” invoked images of construction workers and engineers huddled around a set of blueprints, scheming to raise a building from the ground up. It was rarely, if ever, applied in the legal setting. In recent

OneLegalLive: the CLE opportunity you’ve been waiting for

Across the country, attorneys, paralegals, and other legal professionals seek to stay up to date with what’s happening in the industry and how their profession is evolving by earning continued legal education credit (CLE). Whether you are required to keep

Finding focus by overcoming digital distractions

Now more than ever professionals are distracted at work. And the legal industry is no different. Virtually everyone in the firm has a computer, a smartphone, and a landline. Every hour, we receive hundreds of communications: emails, texts, private messages,

The importance of start-up and shutdown rituals: Part 1

Despite all the modern office technology aimed at making life easier, things seem to constantly get more complicated. Smartphones keep us chained to our email inboxes around the clock. Texting and instant messaging are quick and relatively unobtrusive ways to

8 ways to spice up routine tasks in your law firm

Working in a law firm has its moments of excitement, but the day to day responsibilities can often be less than dynamic. As the support and foundation of a successful law firm or legal department, your workday likely includes repetitious

Strategies for handling the busy seasons in your law firm

There is no doubt that law firms are busy places. If you ask a legal professional when the busiest time of year is, however, the answer would likely be “it depends.” Litigation teams are swamped in the months leading up

How to outsmart context switching (and get more done)

You’re working on a case for a client when you remember that you were supposed to finish editing a different brief by lunchtime. You go to work on that just before realizing that a colleague has been waiting on an

Maximizing your lunch hour: tips for busy legal professionals

Is the cycle of waking, working, sleeping starting to get to you? Do you struggle to keep up with all of your interests and errands each week while also giving yourself room to breathe? Don’t despair. You have an important

15 items for every legal professional’s desk

A person’s desk is their domain. It can be a metaphor for their work style and personality and the place where they feel most productive of and in control of their work. A desk should be ergonomic, but beyond that,

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