Do you consider yourself to be a “team player”? This descriptive gets tossed around a lot, especially during the interview process. But, to me, it is vital to the success of the entire team and it should not be taken lightly. I am not a fan of team members who do not carry their weight and/or…
“Can litigation support work be done from home effectively?” I received this question in my email inbox in response to my email: What Would You Ask?. It’s an interesting question. I know that there are differences of opinion about this topic. There are some management teams that embrace it and others that adamantly despise it. In…
I get more and more irritated and bummed when I hear about another instance of “drama” within a litigation support department. It doesn’t have to be that way. The structure of litigation support teams can look like these examples: 1. The department is divided into teams within the same location. There could be a team…
One of the common confusions for those trying to get into a litigation support position are the varying job titles. If you ask several people already in litigation support, you will probably get different answers. That is because there is no official list of job titles in litigation support. Each firm or company will decide…
In a law firm environment with multiple offices, there is one office that is referred to as the main office (or something similar) and then the other offices are referred to as satellite offices. If you are part of any team within a law firm and you work in a satellite office, you probably have…
In your research for jobs in Litigation Support, you may come across references to Practice Support and wonder what the difference is between the two. In the beginning there was an IT department dedicated to the entire firm. The IT department was responsible for providing all technical support, both hardware and software related, to all…
In a law firm environment, when I refer to a litigation support client, the client could be an attorney or a paralegal. In a service provider environment, the litigation support client could be an attorney, a litigation support professional or a paralegal. Our clients are the ones asking for our help on behalf of their…
As a litigation support manager, I firmly believe that individuals new to the litigation support field should be given every opportunity to be successful. One of the ways that I like to work towards that goal is to partner the newbie with someone more senior on the team. One of the best ways to learn…
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