How easy or difficult do you think it is to transfer from PI as a paralegal to corporate law?

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I work in the UK and I found it quite hard. I transferred to intellectual property law and I got the job because I had paralegal experience. It might just be my team now but they work very differently. All the processes are different and my previous firm had good IT systems which the current one doesn’t. It’s nice to do something different and I enjoy the job but it’s been a struggle to readjust some days. I don’t regret it though.

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