Enhance Your Skills
As a Porzio paralegal, you will receive ongoing training to develop your legal and professional skills and position you for success. Our Paralegal Training and Professional Development Committee identifies, develops and implements educational programs and opportunities. Below are samples of training topics we offer to our paralegals.
Research
- Research Tools and Resources
- Internet Research
- Expert Physician Research
- Legal Research and Cite Checking
Paralegal Development
- Overview of Litigation
- Preparing Complaints and Answers
- Preparing and Serving Subpoenas
- General Case Management Skills
- Responding to Discovery Requests
- File Organization
- Overview of Federal Practice
- Managing Document Production
- Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
- Motion Practice
- Preparing for Trial
- Assisting at Trial
- Preservation of Evidence and Chain of Custody
- Preparing Attorneys for Depositions
- Digesting Depositions and Deposition Follow-Up
- Post-Trial, Post-Case Issues
- Mediation, Arbitration and Administrative Proceedings
- Client Advocacy
- Courtroom Technology
General Business Skills
- Presentations and Public Speaking
- Effective Verbal Communication
- Ethics
- Creative Problem Solving and Project Management
- Team Building and Mentoring
- Grammar
- Writing Skills
- Assertiveness
- Training and Delegation Skills