I have been a lawyer all my life and I feel strongly that the vast majority of law firms provide zero training and expect people to be perfect without giving them enough time to learn. Please don't give up on the law or professional work. Keep trying and know that it's not your fault. Law firms and lawyers are way too busy and are terrible at training. It's them. Not you. Your experience is the same experience as mine over the past 30 years.

@lifewithicie

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your transparency! I filmed my 2 year update as a legal assistant talking about this and also encouraging others to be easy on themselves when they first start out.

This gives me so much encouragement. I currently transferred from being an office assistant to a legal assistant for our litigation team. I have been dealing with some of the same issues you mentioned and knowing someone has been in my shoes makes me feel better about my current situation. There hasn’t been enough time to train me properly but I will not let this discourage me from doing the best that I can.

@ariananava2833

Жыл бұрын

Also, you encourage me to try making youtube videos of my own.❤

@lifewithicie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ariana for your kind words!❤️ It’s definitely a journey but you will get it slowly but surely!😊

@anthonybutto1925

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know! Maybe that's the best way to train as an office assistant before training as a legal assistant. Following the film footage, I think there's lots you can do at home on your own with Microsoft where I think that's where you first start to help prepare yourself for the training course so that you can learn quick.

reasons why it is important for legal executives to adhere to their role and the professional expectations within their legal environment and the legal profession as a whole.

It seems we are very alike in many aspects and this perfectly sums up my experience so far as a legal assistant. It was really nice to hear that the struggles I have dealt with are not unique and validating. I am really glad I stumbled across your channel becasuse, I have been struggling with some self doubt. Thank you Icie

@lifewithicie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Shane! It’s definitely been a journey for sure 😊

You seem young and yet so wise. I really appreciate your comments, thanks. God bless you

@lifewithicie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This comment is so sweet 🫶🏽

This was one of the best advice videos I have ever come across. I truly appreciate your tips. I am a legal assistant and totally agree with you about being trained.

@lifewithicie

7 ай бұрын

thank you 🫶🏽 I’m glad it was helpful in some way!😊

I am doing paralegal work now and finishing up the paralegal degree, but I can already tell I need to move forward and do more and not stop at being a paralegal! 💫

@lifewithicie

6 ай бұрын

That’s amazing!! Do you plan on going yo law school?😊

@LetsTalkLaw365

6 ай бұрын

I got into law school! @@lifewithicie

@lifewithicie

6 ай бұрын

@@LetsTalkLaw365 CONGRATULATIONS!!🤩

Congrats to almost 600 subscribers, and you can be super proud of yourself 🎉 And good luck on your new path. As a foreign paralegal something that I am also very interested in would be how many vacation days you had in your legal assistant job?

@lifewithicie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!😊 At this law firm, there wasn’t really a set amount of vacation days per se. I did take 2 vacations because they were planned well in advance before I was hired so my manager accommodated me for those days off. I think in my case also there was someone else who could take over my work if I was away so I think that also played a factor. Besides those 2 scheduled vacations, I didn’t take time off so it seemed to me that it was a on a case by case basis and if there was coverage available.

Copy and paste, look at other drafted docs. Keep a notes folder. Organization and asking questions to anyone above you. Or it’s just not your bag.

Hey girl! 😊 You're doing great

@lifewithicie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!❤️❤️

Thank you

thanks for sharing

I think there's lot's you can do on your own with Microsoft at home to help prepare yourself with a training course; for there's a lot of tutorial KZread videos I know I can use, to show me how to use Microsoft; for I know I can use Microsoft in my email which is probably the best place to start, for people who don't have experience to probably first start off training at Tafe (college) as an office assistant. I think that's the best place to start and the best way to learn quickly is at home. Do you do any international language translations as a legal secretary, I know Microsoft does. But when working in a legal firm, does Microsoft do a good job at that?

Great to come across your content, I'm legal assistant in tax and legal am having my annual review, what innovative idea will you suggest 😅

@lifewithicie

Жыл бұрын

Hey Maxwell! Happy to hear you’re enjoying the content 😊 I think go in with an open mind and ask your manager/ supervisor if there are ways they think you can improve or what you can do better to best support the company. Good luck!

@xornam3009

Жыл бұрын

@@lifewithicie noted thanks

Good for you for moving on! The crux of it is that now you can have the hope that your work will be acknowledged and appreciated. The toxic law firm culture is very real. "Real" businesses do not seem to suffer from the same plague.

Hi, I've found your channel looking for information about legal assistant program, but I also find you accent and pronunciation exceptional. Are you a native speaker of english? How did you learn to speak with that exceptional fluency and pronunciation?

@lifewithicie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for those kind words! I was born in the Philippines, but was raised in the US since I was 2 so that’s why I have an American accent since english was the primary language in our household :) The rest is just practice (I think when you start talking to yourself in front of a camera so much you gradually get more comfortable speaking freely on the spot haha at least that’s been my experience 😆).

Hi, I would like to know if there is any specific format for a curriculum vitae when applying for a legal assistant program, thank you ❤

@lifewithicie

Жыл бұрын

Hi Grace! Personally I have never been part of a legal assistant program so I can’t comment on that unfortunately, but I did study political science in college. And I would say the majority of my legal experience has been through my jobs or previous internships!:)

@Grace_Ilanga

Жыл бұрын

@@lifewithicie okay thank you! as for your legal assistant job, did you had any specific CV format when applying for the job?

Did you take any legal related program or courses before stepping into this job?

@lifewithicie

Ай бұрын

I had a legal internship working at one of the San Diego court houses specializing in family law during before taking this job

Hi icie. You are stunning, im glad i found your channel

@lifewithicie

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!💜

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