What’s your firm’s Electronic Mail Policy? Does your support staff and clients know what is acceptable to share via electronic mail? Does your firm have a written electronic mail policy for your staff to sign? No? Then this article is for you! In this quick tip of the month, we will share few reasons law [..]
Leadership in a law practice does not rely on education, titles, job responsibilities, the ability to exert power, or seniority. Great leaders can emerge at any level in a law practice. Although, there are thousands of recommended qualities that make a good leader; to find your firm’s leader look for that one individual who possess [..]
Historically, society has not been a good ALLY towards the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, also known as Queer, (LGBTQ) community. Law firms are not exempt from the intolerance of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, also known as Queer, community. These negative attitudes may still affect how law firm staff unintentionally interact with [..]
By Holly A. Sheriff, MSLS, Edited By Lawrence A. Constance, BME, AS You’ve received plenty of emails that end with “sent from my iPhone or my iPad” or other mobile email signatures. But are you and your staff using them the right way? Is your law firm sending the message you want or need to [..]
With the Latest Technology By: Holly A. Sheriff, MSLS, Editor: Lawrence A. Constance, BME, AS In the last decade, the legal community and technology have finally caught up with my vision for Best Virtual Paralegal. On February 2, 1991, I set the original mission in motion when I drafted a small business plan on a [..]
By: Holly A. Sheriff, MSLS, Editor: Lawrence A. Constance, BME, AS As we begin the New Year, many attorneys are looking for ways to reduce their overhead expenses in the coming months and have decided to add a virtual paralegal to their team. Here are the top two tips for utilizing a virtual paralegal in any [..]
The Attorney Panic Button’s™ TOP 20 Paralegal Guidelines For Client Communication Whether you retain the services of a virtual paralegal or your law practice employs a traditional paralegal it is extremely important that you train, educate, and set Client Contact Guidelines for your paralegal and other support staff to follow when they are tasked with dealing with [..]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 5, 2018 Follow Jackie on LinkedIn Read: Jackie’s full bio Best Virtual Paralegal. LLC is pleased to announce that Jackie A. Van Dyke has accepted a freelance contract editor position, with the company effective September 4, 2018. Jackie will be responsible for assisting clients with a wide variety of copywriting and [..]
We are accepting New Attorney-Clients and Law Firm-Clients If you are ready to improve your law firm’s productivity and efficiency, so are we. Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC is a paralegal service provider exclusively for law firms and solo practitioners throughout the United States. Our experienced highly skilled and educated paralegals are ready to help you [..]
At the request of a reader, our editorial team has compiled a list of some of the legal industry’s best practices for proofreading and editing. Proofreading is tough to do unless you are a proofreading and editing someone else’s work. What do you do when you are the attorney or paralegal asked to not only [..]