Category: Running a Law Practice

What’s Your Firm’s Electronic Mail Policy

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • July 21, 2019
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 [..] The post What’s Your Firm’s Electronic Mail Policy appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.

LEADERSHIP IN A LAW PRACTICE

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • July 13, 2019
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 possesses [..] The post LEADERSHIP IN A LAW PRACTICE appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.

Mobile Signatures – Sent via my I-Device

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • January 23, 2019
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 [..] The post Mobile Signatures – Sent via my I-Device appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.

“REINVENTING THE WAY ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS WORK TOGETHER”

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • January 19, 2019
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 [..] The post “REINVENTING THE WAY ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS WORK TOGETHER” appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.

Two ways to jumpstart using a virtual paralegal in 2019

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • January 15, 2019
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 post Two ways to jumpstart using a virtual paralegal in 2019 appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.

Paralegal Entrepreneurs are more

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • August 5, 2018
By: Holly A. Sheriff, MSLS Edited by: Jackie Van Dyke, MPS, CP – Legal Writing Trainer Being a paralegal entrepreneur is rewarding, fun, and arduous work.  Becoming a paralegal entrepreneur was easy. It’s operating a business; my competition finds to be hard. Some days are better than others. Sometimes you have one or two clients, [..] The post Paralegal Entrepreneurs are more appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.

Free Gmail and Lawyers

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • July 23, 2018
Free Gmail accounts and lawyers have been the topic of discussions and debates from coast to coast since Gmail’s inception on April 1, 2004. I ‘d been working as a freelancer for over ten years by the time Gmail launched. I can remember having conversations with colleges about safety issues with free email.  To me, [..] The post Free Gmail and Lawyers appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.

THINGS TO DO AFTER HIRING A VIRTUAL PARALEGAL

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • July 17, 2018
                Today is the day you’ve gone virtual. You finally hired a virtual paralegal. You’ve signed a service agreement, and you’ve spoken to the virtual paralegal, now what? Even though the hiring or retaining process is over, your work is not complete.  Adding a virtual paralegal to your [..] The post THINGS TO DO AFTER HIRING A VIRTUAL PARALEGAL appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.

Do I Need A Paralegal For My Law Practice?

By Holly Sheriff MSLS • May 11, 2018
Running a law practice requires a lot of help: an accountant, an insurance agent, a mentor, and maybe even a partner or an associate attorney, but do you really need a paralegal? There are times when a paralegal may be necessary. Here are a few scenarios in which your firm may need the services of [..] The post Do I Need A Paralegal For My Law Practice? appeared first on Best Virtual Paralegal, LLC.
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