Stanley Mosk Courthouse Announces Changes To Civil, Family Law And Probate Judicial Assignments

Stanley Mosk Courthouse Announces Changes To Civil, Family Law And Probate Judicial Assignments

As stated in the notice to attorneys on the Los Angeles Superior Court website, the civil, family law and probate divisions at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles

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Organizational Habits for Legal Professionals

Organizational Habits for Legal Professionals

The practice of law requires, by default, the ability to keep as organized as possible. Akin to spinning plates, the duties of any legal professional can comprise a baker’s dozen of tasks at any given time, all of which has different priorities and requirements.

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Fake it Till You Make It: How Confidence Goes a Long Way in the Legal Profession

Fake it Till You Make It: How Confidence Goes a Long Way in the Legal Profession

Whether you’re in the courtroom or you’re in the break room, confidence is a key component to your career as a legal professional. At the same time, confidence isn’t something that comes naturally to everyone, especially if you’re fresh out of law school or stepping into your first internship.

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How Changing Your Office Environment Can Make You a Better Legal Professional

How Changing Your Office Environment Can Make You a Better Legal Professional

It’s important to have a good working environment no matter what line of work you’re in, but it’s even more crucial for legal professionals. With so much on the line at any given time, office environments can become tense and toxic all too quickly,

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4 Conflict Resolution Strategies for Your Firm

4 Conflict Resolution Strategies for Your Firm

When it comes right down to it, the practice of law has conflict built right into it. It’s an adversarial system by design, one side pitted against the other in a battle that relies on a successful argument.

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4 Simple Steps to Increase Productivity for Legal Professionals

4 Simple Steps to Increase Productivity for Legal Professionals

When it comes to productivity at work, the legal profession is at the forefront. The demands of your average law office require high-quality results delivered quickly and well, placing pressure on legal professionals to be as efficient as possible.

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How Law Firms Are Using Social Media Today

How Law Firms Are Using Social Media Today

Law firms often rely on social interactions, both between clients and between professional colleagues, to forge new network connections that support the health of their business.

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How Technology has Changed the Practice of Law

How Technology has Changed the Practice of Law

The practice of law has been around for a very long time. As civilization evolves, so does our approach to practicing law. Nowhere is this more obvious than how technological developments, even just over the past few years, have changed how legal professionals approach their job.

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5 Productivity Tools Your Law Firm Should Be Using

5 Productivity Tools Your Law Firm Should Be Using

Managing a law firm effectively requires high levels of organizational dedication and oversight. That being said, ensuring your firm remains productive isn’t something that you can accomplish without the right tools at your disposal.

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Common Reasons For Court Filing Rejections - And How To Avoid Them

Common Reasons For Court Filing Rejections – And How To Avoid Them

You’ve done your due diligence. You’ve dotted every I and crossed every T, proofread it what seems like a dozen times, gotten it into the proper hands well before the deadline — and still, the court rejects your filing. What gives? What are you doing wrong?

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Why Law Firms Are Switching To An Online Service Provider

Why Law Firms Are Switching To An Online Service Provider

Being a legal professional is tough. It’s nowhere near what it’s like in John Grisham novels or Hollywood’s dramatic courtroom dramas – you’ve got countless hours of education, on-the-job training in the form of internships, and then the actual minutiae of the actual position to endure every day.

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5 Benefits of Having Your Law Firm on LinkedIn

5 Benefits of Having Your Law Firm on LinkedIn

LinkedIn, one of the most popular professional social networking sites, offers excellent networking opportunities to attorneys or other legal professionals. However, that there are some excellent reasons for your law firm to have its own LinkedIn account as well — here are five of the best benefits to having your firm on LinkedIn.

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Work Smarter, Not Harder: Why Easy is Good

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Why Easy is Good

People say you need to work hard to get ahead in life, but things change. When new tech approaches make it easier to accomplish tasks without working hard, suddenly “easy” becomes the new “good”.

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How Service of Process Works

How Service of Process Works

Service of process is a linchpin of the entire US judicial system. As such, it’s important to understand how it works and what to expect. Here’s what you need to know about how service of process works.

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Favorite Legal Research Tips and/or Tools

Favorite Legal Research Tips and/or Tools

Pulling your hair out in your own practice? Don’t know where to start or which direction to turn? Here’s a collection of Rapid Legal’s favorite legal research tips and tools to make your life easier.

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The 5 Best Legal Apps that Every Lawyer Needs

The 5 Best Legal Apps that Every Lawyer Needs

Thanks to the rise of mobile apps, we’re all increasingly connected in the 21st century. That goes for attorneys and legal professionals, too – the online marketplace is jammed with legal apps made to make your job easier.

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How to Become a Paralegal

How to Become a Paralegal

If the world of law fascinates you and the idea of being paid to learn more about it sounds enticing, becoming a paralegal might be the ideal job for you.

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What Does Going Paperless Really Mean for Law Firms?

What Does Going Paperless Really Mean for Law Firms?

Legal teams are seemingly drowning in paperwork at every angle. Storing it all isn’t the only issue. How do you find what you need when you need it? How many copies do you keep on hand for clients?

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