Career Paths

You know that expression that says “everything is not all about you”? Well, in this case, it really is all about you. As the end of the year approaches, I am near the end of another teaching semester. This is the point in the semester where I assign reflective exercises to my students. Did you…

Have you ever felt destined for something else, but you are stuck where you are? For the last 3 years, I have been involved in what I have referred to as “my 4 jobs”. Job 1: Working full-time in a litigation support role at a law firm in Washington DC. Job 2: Working in a management position…

There is a steep learning curve to learning litigation support. It is like entering another world. We have our own way of communicating. The technology references can be overwhelming. As I described in my article series “What is Litigation Support?”, there are many facets of the job. In addition to learning the industry, the role…

The year is 1996. I had been with a DC law firm for only 9 months in a Legal Trainer role when I was called into the Administrator’s office and handed a pink slip. I was one of forty people laid off that day. The administrator was a kind man and he was teary-eyed as…

I was thinking the other day about how well things are going at LitigationSupportGuru.com. A smile came to my face as I thought about the people from all over the world that have reached out to me since launching the website. The internet can bring people together that never would have met otherwise. In fact,…

How exactly does one break into litigation support? I have received e-mails from some and others have completed the Guru welcome survey and this question has been raised. As you may have noticed from the case studies, there is no clear direct path to break into litigation support.  However, if you have made up your…