One of the tasks that it easiest for a lawyer to outsource to a virtual legal assistant or virtual paralegal is plain old typing. I’ve talked about the value of dictation for lawyers before, as they can dictate various types of instructions, as well as “traditional” dictation where you simply just speak whatever you want typed (of course!) Recently I had a client ask me if I knew of any iPhone dictation apps so that he could...
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Happy Holidays and all the Best Wishes in 2013! Please note that Halo Secretarial will be closed during the holiday season, from December 24-January 2 inclusive. See you in the new year! Featured Image © avian – Fotolia.com
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In all my years working in law offices, as well as the past four years I’ve spent working as a virtual paralegal, I’ve always used Windows operating systems. This past week though that changed for me. I’m now a dual O/S VLA! My MacBook Pro, after some fun waiting on UPS, showed up at my door late last week. This week I even made it prettier (in my eyes) by pinking it up I have to admit though that I’m struggling a...
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Just read an article from Silicon Republic (Digitally savvy workers do not adhere to 9 to 5 routines) and was inspired to share it here. The author of the article is mostly discussing the effect having such workers has on the IT aspect of a large business. Security and multi-platform issues are totally valid and worth considering for large businesses in the fast-changing workplace. One particular line of the article caught my eye though, and I...
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I sent out my spring/summer newsletter today so wanted to share here as well – hope you enjoy!
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One of the best things about working as a virtual paralegal is that I get to work with really interesting people from all over Canada, the United States and even people who live in Europe! I have one client that is in the UK and I have people I occasionally need to liaise with contacts for my clients in some pretty far flung locations. This can be really cool, BUT there is a caveat. It can be pretty challenging to work across multiple time...
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