First of all, the personality qualities that an excellent paralegal should possess.
First, diligence. For an assistant, no matter whether you have worked in a law firm for some time before, no matter how talented you think you are, no matter how good you have achieved in the bar exam, you must realize that your current status is "assistant" or "assistant". Whether you have no lawyer status because you don't have a lawyer's license, or you can't handle cases independently because you are not skilled enough, or you have to be "reduced" as an assistant because you have no case source, you must face your current predicament objectively. Even if you are clever, you must be diligent. Diligence not only means doing more physical work, but also contacting more things and knowing more people. Everyone's time is the same, 24 hours a day, and the prescribed working hours are 8 hours. How to expand the "width" of your time domain in the same time? There is only one answer: diligence!
Second, light profit. I chose the profession of lawyer. When I first started practicing, in most law firms, although I might think I was worth the money, assistants generally didn't get the salary I wanted. At this stage of paralegal, the more I feel that salary is inversely proportional to ability, the more I should examine my mentality and situation! Even natural jade needs polishing in order to bloom more beautiful luster. Don't care too much about how much salary you get now. The law firm won't pay wages against the law of value. At the assistant stage, it is impossible for most law firms to get high salaries for the time being.
Third, kindness. Many people say that "being a lawyer, being a man first" has some truth. An immoral lawyer will not last long, even if his glory is temporary, it is also a flash in the pan. No matter how advanced marketing means are adopted, the foundation of the lawyer industry is honesty. For paralegals, they should have a good personality and habits from the beginning. Kindness, will know how to respect others and customers; Kindness will make you do your duty and fulfill your obligations after receiving the agency fee; Kindness will lead to reasonable charges and will not "slaughter" customers; Goodwill is the only way to spread word of mouth. From the famous litigators in ancient China to the famous lawyers in modern times, it is impossible for us to find a person who is morally corrupt and infamous! A person, at any stage, whether he is far away from the rivers and lakes or living in a temple, should always think of others and consider problems from their perspective. As an assistant, if you want to learn to understand and tolerate, you must have a truth: "Good people are rewarded"!
Second, an excellent paralegal should have the living and working habits.
Good living and working habits are manifested in all aspects. Combined with my own feelings, for paralegals, I think it is mainly manifested in three aspects: "obeying the rules", "respecting" and "having vision".
First, we must have a sense of obeying the rules. Without rules, there would be no Fiona Fang. For some daily rules, newcomers should abide by them, especially the most basic rules at work. For example, don't be late, don't leave early, and don't lie. These seemingly simple truths are not easy to do in practice. Young people, especially newcomers in the workplace, are easily assimilated. If you are in a place where everyone follows the rules, you will naturally follow the rules yourself. But if you have unruly colleagues around you, it may affect your consciousness of obeying the rules. Newcomers usually respect the system, which will make teachers or partners feel practical, steady and assured, so as to strive for more promotion opportunities.
Second, we should respect teachers and superiors. Whether your teacher is famous or not, whether you are the "perfect" teacher in your eyes, newcomers must respect their teachers. The reason is simple: other people's teachers are not your teachers. No matter how good other teachers are, they can't teach themselves. They can only draw nutrition from their teachers as much as possible. If you respect your teacher, the teacher will know this very well and try his best to help and guide himself. And this kind of respect is not superficial respect, but heartfelt respect. People are strange animals, and people's feelings are mutual. You hate or dislike a person in your heart. No matter how well you do superficial work, there will always be exposure. As long as your teacher is better than you, you should respect him and learn from him modestly, not for others, but for yourself.
Third, there must be a "wink". Newcomers should not think that if they work wholeheartedly, they will get the best return through hard work and hard work. People are emotional animals. Besides working relationship, you should wink at the teacher and do something that is not your "duty". For example, bring tea and water to teachers and send greeting messages on holidays. Although you can't kowtow as you did in ancient times, you can't just equate your relationship with your teacher with your colleagues and feel that you are in the same position as your teacher. In my opinion, there is no difference in size, but a different division of labor.
If you have such an idea, you will not have reverence for the teacher, and even feel that you are "dissatisfied with the teacher for a thousand times and dissatisfied with the teacher for a hundred times". You always want to change your "status" by getting a lawyer's license or undertaking a case alone. I don't know. It's just putting the cart before the horse. Listen, it's easier said than done! For example, it's time to get off work. If the teacher hasn't left yet, the assistant had better ask the teacher if he wants to get off work: What can I do for you? Let's talk even if we have to leave. This is a respect for the teacher and also a respect for yourself. Of course, the ways of apprenticeship are not only these, but also many aspects. Of course, the most important and crucial point is respect for teachers!
Three, excellent paralegals should have the ability to work
First, you should have the word "live" in your eyes. A paralegal, as its name implies, means to help organize. Helping to do a good job is definitely a basic requirement, but it does not mean "doing what the teacher asks." As a beloved paralegal, you should be proactive and have a pair of "lively" eyes. For example, receiving in the reception room with the teacher. If the customer's tea is almost finished, take the initiative to refill the water, and don't let the teacher remind you; After the court meeting with the teacher, you should take the initiative to sort out the court record or sort out the proxy words, even if the teacher won't use the proxy words in the end.
Second, you should be able to work. Not everyone can work, even college students and even elites who have passed the judicial examination. Take a simple letter for example. An assistant who can't work can just send a letter to the post office. However, the assistant who can work sends a letter, and will contact the recipient to confirm whether he has received the letter, and then report to the teacher; The same is true for faxes. When an assistant who can't work arrives, it's over. When the assistant who can work sends it, he will call the fax receiver to check whether he has received it, whether there is a missing page number and whether the content is clear. In fact, there is a big truth in small moves. Whether you can work or not, you should use your brains and consider the problem from the perspective of teachers and parties.
Third, there must be planning. The assistant will think about what his daily work content is. How to complete these work contents? How can we do it more effectively? An unintelligent assistant will not organize the work content, and the daily work content may appear disorganized. For example, to tell a detail, the lead lawyer may have dozens of cases at the same time, and the cases need to keep in touch with the parties at any time. Some assistants have a plan, and they will list the contacts of all cases in a certain order, print them out and carry them with them at any time. This way, even if you are at home on weekends, you don't have to rush back to the office to get contact information. For another example, a planned paralegal will arrange the teacher's court appearance time in a table in advance, which may include not only the court appearance time, but also the time for meetings, meetings and socializing, so that it will be clear at a glance whether the teacher has time at some point in the future.
The work of paralegals includes two kinds: daily work and temporary work. A planned assistant will make reasonable coordination arrangements for these two kinds of work, such as the daily contact maintenance of the parties, the daily arrangement of case files, and the daily arrangement records of teachers' time. These daily work arrangements should be put in front so that temporary work can have more time to deal with.
Fourth, we must have the ability to learn. The purpose of being an assistant in the office every day is not to spend precious youth with a salary that I think is not high. Paralegals should consciously study in the law firm every day, learning the advantages and disadvantages of teachers and each member of the law firm. This includes not only business knowledge, but also the truth of being a man and doing things. As an assistant, you should not only work, but also analyze, mention more why and think more.
For discerning paralegals, they should not only learn from our lawyers, but also learn from lawyers from other law firms during their work. For example, in Shanghai, the Lawyers Association has many training courses and seminars every month for lawyers to learn and communicate. If these activities are open to paralegals, you should take the initiative to listen, instead of not wanting to participate on the grounds that you are not a lawyer. As the saying goes, "Heaven rewards diligence", being diligent, daring to be the first, and being good at learning will certainly benefit from learning and succeed in learning!
Fourthly, an excellent paralegal should have a strategic vision.
Assistant today, lawyer tomorrow. As an assistant, you should cultivate your strategic awareness at this stage. You must have a sense of overall planning, have a clear and profound understanding of your future fields, and have your own vision of how to achieve your goals.
For example, to be an assistant, if you want to be an excellent lawyer in the future, you should be an assistant, and you should observe the competition pattern in the future legal fields (such as finance, labor, securities, marriage, criminal defense, etc.). ), who is the leading figure, where is the difficulty of legal theory and who is the academic authority.
In today's society, there is no field where competition is not fierce; There is no industry that is not full of talents; No core city is not expensive. If you don't have social relations and financial support from your parents, you don't have to envy others, let alone complain, because you have the same mind as others, which is equal. If the knife is not sharpened, the brain needs to live. I think, as long as the paralegal has diligent hands, flexible mind, wise eyes and good will, then his future is not a dream!
I hope I can help you. Thank you.