How to be a good paralegal iCourt

1. Personal qualities that an excellent paralegal should possess

First, diligence. For assistants, no matter whether you have worked in a law firm for a period of time before, no matter how talented you think you are, no matter how good your score in the bar qualification examination is, you must realize that your identity now is that of a lawyer. Named "assistant", or "assistant". Whether you do not have the status of a lawyer because you do not have a lawyer's license, or because you are not skilled enough in business and cannot handle cases independently, or because you have no source of cases and have to be "reduced" to an assistant, you must objectively face your current situation. dilemma. Even if you are smart, you have to work hard. Diligence doesn't just mean doing more physical work, but it means you have to be exposed to more things and know more people. Everyone has the same time, 24 hours a day, and the prescribed working time is 8 hours. How to expand the "width" of your time domain within the same period of time? There is only one answer: Diligence!

Second, light profit. After choosing a career as a lawyer, at the beginning of practice, in most law firms, although assistants may think they are worth their money, assistants generally do not get the salary they hope for. At the paralegal stage, the more you think your salary is inversely proportional to your ability, the more you should examine your mentality and situation! Even if it is a piece of natural jade, it still needs to be polished before it can bloom into a more beautiful brilliance. Don't be too focused on how much salary you get now. Law firms will not pay salaries contrary to the law of value. At the stage of assistants, it is not possible for most law firms to receive high salaries for the time being.

Third, be kind. Many people say, "Being a lawyer, you must first be a human being", which makes sense. Lawyers who are unscrupulous will not last long, and even their temporary glory will be short-lived. No matter how advanced marketing methods are used, the foundation of the legal profession is credibility. For paralegals, it is important to have good character and habits from the beginning. Only by being kind can you know how to respect others and customers; by being kind, can you work conscientiously and fulfill your obligations after receiving agency fees; by being kind can you charge reasonable fees and not "rip off" customers; by being kind can you spread your business everywhere and spread your word of mouth. From the famous litigants in ancient China to the famous lawyers in modern times, it is impossible for us to find a person with bad morals and a bad reputation! A person, no matter at any stage, whether he is far away from the world or high up in the temple, must think about others and consider issues from other people's perspective from time to time. As an assistant, you must learn to understand and be tolerant. One sentence must be true: "Good people are rewarded with good things"!

2. Living and working habits that an excellent paralegal should have

Good living and working habits are reflected in all aspects. Based on my own feelings, for paralegals, I think it mainly manifests itself in three aspects: "obeying the rules", "being respectful" and "having eyes".

First, you must have the awareness to abide by the rules. Without rules, there is no circle. Newcomers should abide by some daily rules, especially the most basic rules at work. For example, don’t be late, don’t leave early, don’t lie. These seemingly simple principles are actually very difficult to implement. Young people, especially newcomers who are new to the workplace, are easily assimilated. If they are in a place where everyone abides by the rules, they will naturally abide by the rules; but if there are unruly colleagues around them, it may affect their ability to abide by the rules. of consciousness. Newcomers who respect the system at ordinary times will make their teachers or partners feel solid, stable and reassuring, thereby striving for more opportunities for promotion.

Second, respect teachers and superiors. No matter whether your teacher is well-known or not, no matter whether he is a "perfect" teacher in your eyes, newcomers must respect their teachers. The reason is simple, other people's teachers are not your teachers. No matter how good other people's teachers are, they can't teach you. You can only draw as much nourishment from your own teachers as possible. If you respect your teacher, the teacher will know his name and will do his best to help and guide you. And this respect is not superficial respect, but respect from the heart. Humans are very strange animals, and their feelings are mutual. If you hate or dislike someone on the inside, no matter how well you do your job on the surface, there will always be times when it is exposed. As long as your teacher is better than you, you must respect him and learn from him humbly, not for others, but for yourself.

Third, you must have a "wink".

Newcomers should not think that if they work wholeheartedly, hard work and hard work will definitely bring the best rewards. People are emotional animals. In addition to work relationships, you should have a "wink" to do things to your teachers that are not your "duty". ' job. For example, bring tea and water to the teacher, and send a greeting message during holidays. Although we can no longer give gifts and kowtow during the New Year as we did in ancient times, we must not just equate the relationship with the teacher with that of colleagues and feel that the status of ourselves and the teacher is the same; we think that there is no big or small job position. Just the division of labor is different.

If you have this kind of thinking, you will not have a feeling of respect for the teacher. You may even feel that you are "a thousand dissatisfied and a hundred dissatisfied" with the teacher, and always want to pin changes in your "status" When it comes to getting a lawyer's license or taking on a case alone, no one knows that this is just putting the last thing on the line. It’s easier said than done to have a wink! For example, if it’s time to get off work and the teacher hasn’t left yet, it’s best for the assistant to ask the teacher if he wants to get off work: Is there anything you need my help with? Even if you want to leave, you should still talk about it. This is a sign of respect for the teacher, and it is also for your own good. Of course, the way to be a disciple does not only refer to these, but also has many, many aspects. Of course, the most important and critical point is the respect for the teacher!

3. The working abilities that an excellent paralegal should have

First, you must have "work" in your eyes. Paralegal, as the name suggests, means to assist in organizing. It is definitely a basic requirement to assist and assist, but it does not mean "you can do whatever the teacher tells you to do." To be a lovable paralegal, you need to be proactive and have "work" in your eyes. For example, when you are in the reception room with the teacher, if the customer's tea is almost finished, you should take the initiative to refill the water and don't let the teacher remind you; after having a court session with the teacher, you should take the initiative to sort out the court records or organize the attorney's words, even if the teacher finally Will not make this proxy word.

Second, you must be able to work. Not everyone can do the job, even college students and even elites who have passed the judicial examination. Take a simple letter sending as an example. An assistant who can't do the work will go to the post office and send the letter. But if the assistant can do the work, after sending the letter, he will contact the recipient later to confirm whether he has received it. The letter is sent and then reported to the teacher; the same is true for sending faxes. The assistant who cannot do the work will be done with it after sending it, while the assistant who can do the work will call the receiving party after sending the fax to verify whether it has been received and whether the page number is there. missing, and whether the content is clear, etc. In fact, there are big truths in small actions. Whether you know how to work or not, you need to use your head and consider the problem from the perspective of the teacher and the person involved.

Third, there must be a plan. Smart assistants will think about what they do every day. How to complete these work contents? How can it be done more efficiently? An unintelligent assistant will not sort out the work content, and the daily work content may appear chaotic and complicated. For example, to talk about a detail, the sponsoring lawyer may have dozens of cases on hand to handle at the same time, and the case needs to keep in touch with the parties at all times. Some assistants have scheming plans and will compile a list of all case contacts in a certain order and print it out and carry it with them at all times. In this way, even if you are at home on the weekend, if something happens and you need to contact the client urgently, you don’t have to rush back to the office to get the contact information; for another example, a well-planned paralegal will arrange the teacher’s court time in advance using a form, which may not only Include only court times, but also meetings, conferences, and social events, so it will be clear at a glance whether the teacher will be available at a specific time in the future.

The work of paralegals includes routine and temporary work. A planned assistant will make reasonable coordination arrangements for these two types of work. Daily work such as daily contact maintenance with parties, daily classification and sorting of case file materials, daily arrangement records of teacher time, etc. These daily work arrangements It should be placed earlier so that there is more time to deal with temporary work.

Fourth, you must have the ability to learn. The purpose of being an assistant in the office every day is not to waste your precious youth with what you think is a low salary. Paralegals must consciously study every day in the law firm and learn the strengths and weaknesses of their teachers and each member of the law firm. This includes both business knowledge and principles of doing things. As an assistant, you not only have to work, but you also have to analyze, ask more whys, and analyze and think more.

For discerning paralegals, during their work, they must not only learn from lawyers in their own firm, but also from lawyers in other law firms. For example, in Shanghai, the Lawyers Association holds many training courses and seminars for lawyers to learn and communicate every month. If these activities are open to paralegals, they should take the initiative to attend them, and do not want to do so on the grounds that they are not yet lawyers. join. As the saying goes, "God rewards those who work hard." Those who are diligent in learning, dare to learn, and are good at learning will definitely benefit from learning and achieve success in learning!

4. The strategic vision that an excellent paralegal should have

Being an assistant today is to be a lawyer tomorrow. As an assistant, you should develop your own strategic awareness at the assistant stage. You must have a sense of overall planning, have a clear and profound understanding of the field you will engage in in the future, and have a long-term plan for how to achieve your goals.

For example, as an assistant, if you want to become an excellent lawyer in the future, you should observe the legal fields (such as finance, labor, etc.) that you will engage in in the future while you are still an assistant. , securities, marriage, criminal defense, etc.), what is the competitive landscape, who are the leading figures, what are the difficulties in legal theory, and who are the academic authorities.

In today’s society, there is no field that is not fiercely competitive; there is no industry that is not teeming with talents; and there is no core city where housing prices are not expensive. If you have no support from social connections and no financial support from your parents, you don't have to envy others, let alone blame others, because you have a mind just like others, and this is equal. A knife is useless if it is not sharpened, and a brain is useless if it is not used. I think that as long as a paralegal has diligent hands, a flexible mind, a wise vision, and a kind heart, then his future will not be a dream!