| In terms of the legal support industry, the term legal | | | | personal qualities would fit well with a company's |
| support refers to a broad variety of legal services that | | | | culture. A legal services provider can identify these |
| are available to attorneys through either freelance legal | | | | qualities in a candidate. |
| support professionals or legal placement services that | | | | Staffing for Videotaped Depositions |
| offer legal staffing for a variety of legal positions. In | | | | Whether you need permanent or temporary staffing |
| many cases, law firms and organizations choose to | | | | for videotaped depositions, finding the right court |
| contract with legal placement services instead of | | | | reporter and legal videographer can have a significant |
| conducting a traditional interview process for two main | | | | impact on the strength of a case. Some law firms and |
| reasons: contracting with a staffing provider results in | | | | organizations opt to hire a court reporter and not a |
| candidates that are prescreened according to specific | | | | legal videographer, instead delegating videotaping |
| criteria, and developing a relationship with an excellent | | | | responsibilities to administrative assistants. But |
| staffing provider makes sense in terms of future | | | | considering that the strength of a video deposition in |
| staffing needs. If your law firm or organization is | | | | the courtroom depends heavily on its visual and audio |
| currently experiencing temporary of permanent | | | | quality, hiring a videographer is essential. A legal staffing |
| staffing needs, a legal placement and staffing service | | | | company can provide you with a reporter and a |
| can help. Below, we look at three common staffing | | | | videographer at once, complete with the equipment |
| services that legal placement services offer their | | | | necessary for videotaped depositions. As with |
| clients. | | | | attorneys, hiring the right court reporter typically means |
| Attorney and Paralegal Staffing | | | | hiring a reporter that specializes in certain areas of |
| If you need an attorney with a certain level of | | | | deposition and possesses winning personal qualities. A |
| experience in a certain area of law, trying to find that | | | | staffing service that puts its reporters through a |
| person through the traditional interview process could | | | | thorough screening process can provide such |
| be time consuming, and the same is true of hiring the | | | | reporters. |
| right paralegal. When you contract with a legal staffing | | | | Large Scale and Complex Litigation Support |
| provider, the provider can search for attorneys using | | | | Large scale and complex court cases often leave |
| various criteria and allow you to begin the interview | | | | attorneys without enough time to focus on the |
| process with a list of pre-qualified candidates. In | | | | development of a case and performing the technical |
| addition to conducting a nationwide search for | | | | work that's essential to developing it at the same time. |
| attorneys and paralegals that possess the requisite | | | | In such instances, legal placement services offer |
| experience and credentials, a staffing service can | | | | litigation support professionals that specialize in data |
| prescreen candidates in terms of salary requirements, | | | | gathering, reviewing laws and legal precedents, |
| computer literacy, preferred work environment and | | | | document procurement, etc. Litigation supporters can |
| personal disposition. In many cases, the difficulty of | | | | be provided either at certain points before, during or |
| finding the right professional doesn't rest in a lack of | | | | after a trial, or throughout the entire case process, |
| qualified candidates, but in finding a candidate whose | | | | including the appeals process. |