How would you go about sourcing, evaluating, selecting, training, and retaining a top-notch legal assistant?
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beats me. I'm on a gov't payroll. There are many factors involved in hiring, and I'm not in the loop.
Posted by: | November 30, 2004 at 09:06 AM
I'm not a practitioner, but one good place to begin would be the National Association of Legal Assistants. They certify, set standards and have all sorts of good info to get started, including a section for HR professionals: www.nala.org
Posted by: Susan | November 30, 2004 at 09:55 AM
Since I'm not in the US, I have no idea on sourcing (in Aust, there are recruitment firms that specialise in legal secretaries and paralegals - I'm assuming by "legal assistant", this is what you mean?), but I do know a bit about evaluating, selecting, training, and retaining, since I've done that (or been part of the process) in both private and government.
It could end up a bit of an essay though - how much do you want to know?
- OLS
Posted by: OLS | November 30, 2004 at 11:02 PM
Hey - why not ask whether God really exists?
All I know is that all truly good lawyers have 3 things: high legal ability, business acumen, and a fantastic assistant.
I think the trick is to be sure the candidate (and his or her kids and significant other) don't have meth problems. But I am in Georgia, so that might just be a local concern.
Posted by: patrick | December 02, 2004 at 02:20 PM