I have been thinking a lot lately about what it takes to learn litigation support — I mean really learn it. I am in the process of teaching one of our legal secretaries at the office who wants to learn more about litigation support tasks in the hope that she can help out when our…
In the beginning of my litigation support career I remember attending industry events, listening to the speakers and taking a bunch of notes. I was a human sponge, learning from people that were willing to put themselves out there as leaders in our industry. For those of you near my age, you might recognize some…
Last summer I wrote about my month with a litigation support newbie. It was my first time hosting a student intern from the paralegal studies program at Georgetown University. You can read that article here. Over the last year, Elizabeth completed her Project Management Masters program in Boston and then she took and passed the PMP…
Last Friday I could just barely get through the work day. I was so excited. I was beaming all day. A few weeks earlier, I had arranged to have dinner with six of the graduates from Georgetown University’s eDiscovery/Advanced Litigation Technology/Legal Project Management program. David Carns and Kelly Holdcraft started the program in the 2011 Summer…
Whew! It’s been a busy and wildly fulfilling couple of months. I finished up teaching another semester at Georgetown University and I enjoyed getting to know the students in my class. I’ve also been spending time with the summer intensive students. These students jam a year long program into 10 weeks of full-time classes. About…
Last week, the Washington DC office of the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb opened its doors to entry-level litigation support candidates. A few weeks earlier, I was contacted by Alex Billeb, the Practice Administrator at Cleary. She encouraged me to attend the event and she asked me to invite any of my students that might…
A few weeks ago I had the honor of participating on a panel at Georgetown University in Arlington, Virginia. It was such a wonderful Saturday afternoon of mentoring. I enjoyed answering questions, offering advice, hearing the students’ stories and sharing the entire experience with other seasoned litigation support managers on the panel. I am looking…
I have a close friend, Diane, who has an expression that I really like. She will refer to someone as “a good human“. I have since adopted this expression. Think about it — “a good human” — doesn’t that sum it up so well? I consider it a huge compliment, wouldn’t you? I would like…
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