If you are near Pittsburgh… « De Regno Christi

Having received his B.S. in Political Science from SUNY Oneonta, Pastor Chellis earned his Juris Doctorate from Villanova University School of Law. Pastor of the Rochester Reformed Presbyterian Church, Bill writes a monthly column for the Reformed Presbyterian Witness entitled De Regno Christi and hosts a blog discussion bearing the same name. He serves as co-editor of Semper Reformanda: A Covenanter Theological Review. Bill’s writings have also appeared in the Christian Statesman. Bill is also an active Attorney and a serves as Walworth Town Chairman of the New York Conservative [more...]

Date: 2007-11-14 14:22:47

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Paralegal/Legal Assistant III – Federal (USAO) Job in Boston ...

Paralegal/Legal Assistant III – Federal (USAO) Job in Boston, Massachusetts US FSA’s US Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Support Program is seeking a highly motivated Paralegal to join our team at the United States Attorneys Office (Boston, MA). Successful applicant will be involved in all aspects of ongoing cases. Ideal candidate will be able to perform legal research and draft legal documents. Experience with federal court and strong attention to detail a plus. A Paralegal/Legal Assistant III executes the following duties: Assist attorney, provide Legal Clerk and Paralegal/Legal [more...]

Date: 2010-04-20 18:50:03

The Careers and Jobs news websiteWhat Does Your Staff REALLY Want ...

The 2005 "Best Places to Work" program study showed that, contrary to popular opinion, employee satisfaction didn't depend on salary. The most given answer as to what makes a company a great place to work is employee empowerment. And what constitutes employee empowerment? I believe it comes down to a few basic principles, the first of which is encouraging an ownership attitude. ENCOURAGE AN OWNERSHIP ATTITUDE I train staff in practical working skills for a law firm: ethics, professionalism, attorney/staff communication, hard skills, etc. At the beginning of many seminars, staff come [more...]

Date: 2010-05-08 08:51:40

Southington, Cheshire court merger discussed at Law Day program ...

Similar consolidations are happening all over Connecticut. Meccariello said state lawmakers crafted the legislation to reduce the number of probate courts in the state from 117 to 54. Probate courts are mostly self-sustaining, sending the fees they collect for their services to a state office, which then pays the judge and staff. Southington pays less than $10,000 each year toward maintaining the probate court, springing for items such as paper, postage and scanning documents. Cheshire, which is expected to account for one-third of the cases, will contribute a proportionate amount of money, [more...]

Date: 2010-05-05 16:19:20

Legal Assistant / Paralegal- USA | Job Vacancy | Newest Job ...

Very reputable, small Plaintiffs’ Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Litigation Firm seeks diligent, congenial and productive personal injury legal assistant or paralegal with at least one solid year of prior experience in the personal injury field working on plaintiffs’ cases. Strong telephone skills a must. An applicant must be organized, responsible, motivated and a team player. Educational Requirement: four year college degrees. Responsibilities include: client contact, handling the calendar, word processing, drafting Pleadings, Motions, Discovery, Notes of Issue, [more...]

Date: 2010-02-15 15:16:22

The Volokh Conspiracy - More on Sex Between Professionals and ...

There's a big difference between patients like this and people wrestling with severe mental illness, so I'm not sure that ANY one-size-fits-all rule would work in this context. .... types of jobs for which they are trained -- i.e., if you train an autistic to be a lawyer, then that is what the person is trained to do, and the skills of this disability do not translate generally over to much anything other than being a lawyer, a law clerk (not paralegal), or clerkship. [more...]

Date: 2007-01-08 23:01:00

Brian Barner to receive Armstrong Award - Sandra Day O'Connor ...

Brian E. Barner is the recipient of the John S. Armstrong Award, which was established by the Armstrong family to honor the Arizona legislator who introduced the bill that established Arizona's first institution of higher learning, the Tempe Normal School. The faculty chose Barner, a Phoenix native, based on his academic performance and contributions to the College of Law. Barner, who earned an undergraduate degree in Government, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University, where he had the highest grades among his classmates in chemistry, marine biology, ecology and logic, also was number [more...]

Date: 2009-05-26 15:41:48

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Legal secretary with 3-5 yrs... Billing Clerk NY-New York, Large dynamic organization in NYC is looking for... Family Office EPA / Accountant / Bookkeeper (Midtown East, Downtown) NY-New York, Requirements:Bachelor's degree from 4 year college or universityA... APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER New York, Computer Professional - Seek exp. Applications Development Manager... Paralegal NY-New York City, Paralegal Midtown matrimonial law firm seeks full-time... Hospitality Sales Manager NY-New York, Boutique Hospitality company is seeking an upbeat, energetic... COMMERCIAL ASSISTANT The Olympia [more...]

Date: 2010-04-21 12:41:53

What is the position of a paralegal?

What can i do with an associates or bachelors degree in paralegal studies? What can i do with an associates or bachelors degree in paralegal studies? What are the primary responsibilitiess of such a position? Is there room for advancement? What is a REALLY quality online program to earn such degrees? And please, no profane nor obscene comments. Let’s keep it Holy. Thank you in advance for your professional, poignant and articulate responses. : ) Comment from SF G Time April 30, 2010 at 9:47 pm Paralegals usually start out as case clerks. This involves stuff like calendaring appointments [more...]

Date: 2010-04-30 20:10:04

SBA: Office of Advocacy - The September 2006 Small Business ...

ics tell us that their students appre- ciate them and gain further insights into the scope of small businesses. In 2004, Patricia Greene, now the provost at Babson College, commented, “We frequently use research and data from Advocacy ..... Equal Employment Opportunity. Commission and assisted with liti- gation as a law clerk for a small employment law firm in Virginia. Prior to law school, Reyes worked on securities compliance mat- ters as a paralegal for a publicly [more...]

Date: 2006-09-06 18:49:30

What is the position of a paralegal?

What exactly is a Paralegal? What can i do with an associates or bachelors degree in paralegal studies? What can i do with an associates or bachelors degree in paralegal studies? What are the primary responsibilitiess of such a position? Is there room for advancement? What is a REALLY quality online program to earn such degrees? And please, no profane nor obscene comments. Let’s keep it Holy. Thank you in advance for your professional, poignant and articulate responses. : ) Paralegals usually start out as case clerks. This involves stuff like calendaring appointments for lawyers, sometimes [more...]

Date: 2010-05-08 00:36:05

Online Associate Degrees - MASTERS DEGREE

Ashworth College is a nationally accredited distance learning school that promises to provide you with online classes supplemented by authoritative textbooks and study guides that are mailed to your home. They offer online associate degree programs in Criminal Justice, Business Management, Health Care Management, Computer Information Management, Accounting, Paralegal Studies, Early Childhood Education, Human Resource Management, and Psychology. National American University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission to grant bachelor and associate degrees online. They offer online [more...]

Date: 2010-05-06 13:20:57

Meet Thomas Walker – Main Justice

Worked as a part-time instructor at the American Institute of Paralegal Studies in the spring and fall of 1992 and the spring of 1993. Was the assistant district attorney in Charlotte, N.C.,-based Mecklenburg County DA’s office from September 1990 to July 1994. Clerked for Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes & Davis, P.A. in Asheville, N.C., during the summer of 1989. Worked as a part time law clerk for Whitney E. Fanning in Waco, Texas, during the summer of 1988. Was an office assistant/runner at Tracy, Crumley & Holland in Fort Worth, Texas, from September 1986 to June 1987. Worked as a camp [more...]

Date: 2009-12-09 21:29:08

Can someone help me with this? | Divorce Lawyer San Diego| Attorney

I work for a law firm as a chew toy, oops I mean file clerk and I get crap all day from lawyers, paralegals, secretaries about how this needs to be like this and so on, because I learn as I go…Parents are divorced. Father tries to have a relationship with me by sending me nasty e-mails about how I am just like my mother, that he doesn’t love me, that I am immature, and he wont even love me as I standing on his grave. Sometimes I just want to scream at him and sometimes I do. I live with my bf’s parents, but only for another 5 months and then we are out of there! My bf can’t crap [more...]

Date: 2010-05-07 23:24:33

Fast Growing and Well Paying: the Benefits of Being a Paralegal ...

With job opportunities expected to grow 22 percent by the year 2016, with an average annual salary of 40,000 dollars it is not surprising that so many people want to become a paralegal. So what can you walk through the door and do in this growing field? What is a paralegal do? Paralegals are also called “legal assistants” for good reason – they assist lawyers. Even if they can claim, filed a case in court or other tasks such as “lawyer” you can almost everything the remainder of a lawyer. Lawyers can often delegate the preparation work to paralegals for trials, hearings and business [more...]

Date: 2010-05-09 01:08:54

Web Critic - Kudos for the State of Wisconsin and ...

There's a difference between the top page and the interior ones in how the effect is achieved. On the welcoming page, the line dissolves into a reverse shading across the photo montage, whereas the line remains an intact, curving border on the interior pages. In either form, it demonstrates that Flash animations are not necessary to create a sense of movement. MyEmploymentLawyer.com The Ohio law firm of Fortney & Klingshirn has parlayed one of practice areas into a tidy, user-friendly legal primer cum clearinghouse called MyEmploymentLawyer.com, or MEL for short.  The idea for MEL came [more...]

Date: 2001-08-01 07:00:00

How to locate a general practice attorney — ALZ Bridge

Many individuals are stunned to be taught that the lawyer they preserve will even have paralegals, regulation clerks and associates doing much of the grunt work on authorized issues. This results in issues when a client wants to talk to the senior attorney, however primarily receives communications from the affiliate or paralegal. In short, ask the attorney how the case shall be dealt with inside the office and make sure you are comfortable with the answer. In case you are not, move on. The issue of the best way to decide an legal professional is a typical one. When unsure, [more...]

Date: 2010-05-06 11:10:34

Looking for a good Paralegal program that is not expensive.?

One Response to “Looking for a good Paralegal program that is not expensive.?” Comment from Butterfly in the wind w/o a care Time April 28, 2010 at 7:57 pm 1) Here is a list of American Bar Association (ABA) approved schools, just click on your state: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/paralegals/directory/home.html You definitely want to go to an ABA accredited school. Potential employers WILL ask. I got asked if my school was ABA accredited on every single interview I went on! 2) An associate’s degree is the best way to go. A certificate means nothing to law firms, and a [more...]

Date: 2010-04-28 19:31:55

3 Geeks and a Law Blog: Outsourced Library & Info Services - Bad ...

For every super-librarian out there there is the poor secretary or file clerk or paralegal that is asked to take care of the library although he or she has no idea how to run one properly. Therefore, for firms that fit in this ... I am a solo librarian at a medium sized firm in the SF Bay Area. Trying to get my firm to hire another (much needed) librarian has been near impossible. I tried outsourcing a part time reference librarian, as well as part-time filing staff. [more...]

Date: 2010-04-20 16:59:00

The Collin County Observer - Notes from the run-off campaign trail ...

There are 4 judicial races in the run-off. One for District Judge and three in the County Courts at Law. I wonder how many voters know the difference between these courts, or can name any 2 or 3 of the eight candidates. .... Being a paralegal, I deal with the clerks office regularly and I have a hard time getting in touch with a live person. Its kind of hard to get questions answered by a voice mail. In comparison to other counties, Collin County has a larger ratio of [more...]

Date: 2010-04-05 05:25:17

Bill Warner Private Detective Sarasota to Panama City Florida 941 ...

To handle the overwhelming caseload, an army of lawyers, paralegals and clerks at big foreclosure law firms have streamlined the art of separating homeowners from their homes. Few are as large or as efficient as Tampa-based Florida Default Law Group (and the David J. Stern Law office in Plantation), which processes at least 300 new foreclosure suits a month in Hillsborough County, court documents show. By forging relationships with mortgage companies and focusing on volume, Florida Default Law Group offers to foreclose on a home at the bare-bones price of $1,200, about half the typical cost. [more...]

Date: 2010-04-30 13:57:00

DemConWatch:: Obama Announces More Administration Posts

Following her distinguished work as a paralegal in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, she was selected for a Root Tilden scholarship at the NYU School of Law. ... Florence Pan grew up in New Jersey and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania before earning her law degree at Stanford in 1993. She then clerked for Judge Michael Mukasey on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and Judge Ralph Winter [more...]

Date: 2009-03-28 20:46:45

Experienced Eviction Coordinator needed to join Las Vegas Team

Provide paralegal and administrative support to attorneys and the eviction team. Perform all eviction functions in connection with evicting a foreclosed property. Manage a portfolio of loans for specific clients. Follow department policy and procedures, workflow, priorities and standards. Perform tasks that require knowledge of preparing documents to be filed in court, requesting checks for filing fees, court procedures, checking statuses on the court proceedings, and overall process of the eviction process. 2+ years recent experience providing paralegal and administrative support to a team [more...]

Date: 2010-04-29 00:10:00

Waitress, J.D.: Feeling desperate and scared

I haven't worked in several weeks, and am wondering whether or not to declare bankruptcy. I am eternally grateful to my fiance for being so patient and for giving me a roof over my head. But, unfortunately, bad habits and an irresponsible ex left me loaded with credit card debt. The bills just need to get paid. I have posted my car for sale on Craigs List, and have not even gotten a bite. I thought that selling it would help, since I owe significantly less on it than what it is worth. Then I could fix up my fiance's old car (totally paid off) and use that, and still have some money left to [more...]

Date: 2007-06-25 13:54:00

New Jobs: May 05, 2010

Specialist Contractor Development Coord. Forest City, CA. Legal. The Sedona Group. Litigation Paralegal. Moline, IL. Legal. Yorkson Legal. Commercial Litigation Associate. New York, NY. Legal. Seminole Tribe of Florida. Law Clerk [more...]

Date: 2010-05-05 16:15:05

NEW: CMU names medical school associate dean - The Morning Sun ...

Biggs currently serves as the assistant dean for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Previous professional higher education experience includes several managerial appointments at the University of Michigan. She also served as a senior law clerk and paralegal for Church, Kritselis, Wyble and Robinson P.C. in Lansing. “Ms. Biggs has extensive experience in a wide variety of medical settings at both the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina,” said Shapiro. “She is a fine addition to the strong leadership team we are developing to lead [more...]

Date: 2010-05-05 00:33:13

'Ladies and Gentlemen -- Your 2008 California Democratic ...

Politics and commentary, coast to coast, from the Los Angeles Times Bob Mulholland of the California Democratic Party just sent out a roundup and demographic details of the California delegation to Democratic National Convention in Denver (you may have heard something about that event). The whole list is after the jump, but the demographic details are interesting to look at here. According to Mulholland's roundup, the delegation includes people from all 53 congressional districts -- naturally, since that's part of the formula for divvying up delegates -- but only 35 of the state's 58 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 16:16:38

North Country Gazette » Tampa Attorney Accused Of Excessive Fees

The Bar has alleged that paralegals at Hernandez’s firm, which has offices in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, improperly provided legal advice to clients and charged excessive fees. Grievance committees have also made two probable cause findings against Hernandez and attorney Dennis Nemeth for how they handled the case of a Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy from Lutz.  She allegedly paid a non-refundable $7,500 retainer fee for representation she didn’t get from Nemeth in a case involving her condo association and water damage nor did she get a refund. Hernandez and his firm [more...]

Date: 2007-06-23 23:56:20

From the Law Firm Library Trenches: A Conversation Between Two ...

I have always had a library clerk, paralegal, or a secretary that was shared with another attorney. Earlier, Karen, you mentioned loose leaf collections. I have always been able to hire a filing service for loose leafs. You need to know if you will be spending your time as a professional filing loose leafs, i.e., spending your time running the library’s mail room. If you don’t have someone to help you, you will become the library clerk—and that may or may not be okay with you. The point is, you should know in advance before you take the job if you will be spending your time doing more [more...]

Date: 2010-04-12 17:10:33

In a small to medium size law firm what percent of employees are ...

Depending on the complexity of the cases, it’s one paralegal to two lawyers for corporate. One Paralegal to four lawyers if personal injury (med mal, product liability, auto, etc.). Working for lawyers is weird. They’ll pile stuff on you and each one thinks his stuff is priority number one. And forget about thanks or more $ for a job well done. They think you should be happy with just a paycheck. Previous-poster "Geezer" is right on target. Every law firm is different. Some law firms treat their paralegals like secretaries, have them make the coffee, pick up their laundry, walk their [more...]

Date: 2010-04-05 07:00:00

Earn While You Learn: 10 Great Apprenticeships - Careers Articles

You are here: Main > Advice & Resources > Earn While You Learn: 10 Great Apprenticeships EMail ThisIM This Unemployment Hire This GuyStories of the UnemployedUnemployment SolutionsUnemployment NewsJob Listings Best CompaniesHighest-Paying JobsHot JobsNow HiringTop IndustriesJobs by Degree No Degree RequiredAssociate Degree JobsBachelor's Degree Jobs Graduate Degree JobsJobs by Type Entry-Level JobsPart-Time JobsSeasonal JobsTemp JobsWork-From-Home JobsJob Seeker Toolkit Career ChangeCover LettersJob Searching TipsNetworkingNew GradsResumesInterview TipsInterview QuestionsThe [more...]

Date: 2009-10-16 23:00:00

The Empowered Paralegal » Blog Archive » Paralegal seeks to be judge

“The court has a set of forms that people can take, fill them out and file them with the Magistrate Court clerk. As your judge, I won’t be concerned about missing commas or incomplete sentences.” This is an interesting step for a paralegal, but she does have experience appropriate to the position.  She is a partner in a mediation firm and was a paralegal for the city: “As a paralegal for the city, I met with citizens who wished to file complaints in Municipal Court,” Mirabal-Counts said. “After taking a statement from the person, I reviewed the city ordinances and identified the [more...]

Date: 2010-04-24 15:35:33

E-discovery - does anybody really know what it is? - Ernie The ...

Key decisions have to be made about how to organize and filter electronic information.  Paralegals are wonderful people, but they shouldn't be primarily responsible for making important decisions about how to handle discovery.  Well, sadly, in some cases maybe they should. Consider the observations about modern discovery that a young legal professional sent me recently by E-mail:I just happened to read your weblog entry about e-discovery and couldn't agree more about its importance .... It's actually the big thing on my mind right now. I'm working at a firm right now helping sort through a [more...]

Date: 2005-06-30 10:14:00

NEW YORK PARALEGAL BLOG: Robert Pagini A Former State Employee Was ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (April 29, 2010) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the arrest of a former state worker for using the Department of Health's postage meter to send items he had auctioned on eBay, and other personal mail, costing taxpayers in excess of $16,000. According to the complaint, from 1997 until January 2010, Robert Pagini, 57, of Delmar, worked for the Department of Health as a Senior Mail & Supply Clerk. For most of that time, he was the Supervisor-in-Charge of the Department of Health mailroom located in the Hedley Building in Troy. This mailroom receives, sorts, and [more...]

Date: 2010-04-30 00:40:00

Practical Paralegalism: Toronto Paralegal Accused of Scandalous ...

A blog celebrating paralegals - and sharing a few cautionary tales Lynne DeVenny is a N.C. State Bar Certified Paralegal at Elliot Pishko Morgan P.A. in Winston-Salem, NC. She has over 20 years of work experience in plaintiffs' litigation and specializes in workers’ compensation and serious injury cases. She is the co-author with attorney J. Griffin Morgan of Workers’ Compensation Practice for Paralegals (Carolina Academic Press 2008). A huge fan of social media, she was thrilled to be included in OnlineBestCollege's "100 Top Twitter Feeds for Law Students". View my complete [more...]

Date: 2010-02-01 23:39:00

]Law clerk/Paralegal :: Law Office Of Luis Trujillo :: Internship ...

Assist solo pactioner in Matrimonial and Civil Litigation. Real Esate Transactions Residential dn Commercial Qualifications: College degree Hours:2-10 Hours per weekLength/Availability:NoneStart Date:ImmediatelyEnd Date:None How to Apply: Fax resume to (718) 682-1764 Attn: Luis Trujillo Esq. Deadline: None More Internships in New York: Latest New York [more...]

Date: 2008-03-22 07:00:00

Paralegal Power to the People! Santa Monica - Dean McAdams ...

After attending UCLA paralegal school and then working in law firms, insurance companies and reading law for over twenty years I understand how the entire system really works. The founding fathers of America never went to law school or took bar exams; they simply "read" law.  After a hard day of splitting logs, Abraham Lincoln read Black's Law by the firelight and then went out and became a successful lawyer because Honest Abe solved people's problems for a very reasonable one silver dollar.  And Abe may not have always filed a lawsuit to solve those problems, which is why I am so into [more...]

Date: 2009-04-29 08:00:37

Nurse Paralegal Law Clerk (Purchase, NY)

We are actively seeking a Nurse Paralegal with experience in a law firm setting to review and summarize medical records. This is a part-time hourly position to be based in our Purchase, NY office. Send resume & salary requirements to dina.novikova@littletonjoyce.com, or fax to 914-417-3401. We also seek a Part-Time Law Clerk (1st or 2nd year) or Paralegal with excellent knowledge of MS Office applications. Duties will include document reviews, legal research, and related attorney support. This is a part-time position (20-30 hours per week). Interested persons may send a cover letter and [more...]

Date: 2010-03-18 17:51:25

Interested in Law? Earn Your Paralegal Degree to Work in This ...

A paralegal degree program will prepare you for a career as a legal assistant, legal administrator, or paralegal. Though not as rigorous as law school, it covers much of the same ground as a law degree does. There are many online colleges and universities that offer a degree in this field. Earning your degree online will allow you to study without jeopardizing your home or work situation. Most of the paralegal degree programs will focus on legal documentation, drafting, and writing, in addition to legal processes and administrative studies. To do well in this type of program, it’s important [more...]

Date: 2010-05-05 16:53:03

New Animal Shelter Manager Approved – Central Florida Political ...

Paralegal, March 2001-October 2004 • Assisted in the preparation of two bench trials, numerous depositions, mediations, and hearings. • Assisted Senior Assistant County Attorney and Assistant County Attorneys on high profile cases. • Participated in client meetings, drafted attorney’s letters, discovery responses, motions and memorandum of law, pleadings, and conducted legal research. • September 2004 completed Orange County’s Supervisory Development Program. Law Clerk Internship, October 2000- March 2001 • Conducted local government legal research and wrote memorandums [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 17:44:43

The Estrin Report: Paralegal Positions in Foreclosures Go Wild

According an article in the The Tampa Tribune, law firms are scrambling for more staff, particularly paralegals, in an effort to meet the wave of foreclosures in hard-hit areas of the country. One Tampa law firm, Florida Default Law Group, filed more than 400 foreclosure lawsuits in Hillsborough County in February alone, according to a Tampa Tribune review of Hillsborough County Clerk of Court records. Foreclosure firms have ramped up their hiring. Jim Albertelli of Tampa-based Albertelli Law, estimated that the biggest firms in Florida have grown to as many as 200 clerks, paralegals, lawyers [more...]

Date: 2008-04-02 18:03:15

Law Students Push for Transparency, More Info re Law School ...

Prospective students looking at the summary table for a law school will see the number of grads employed in law firms, but they won’t be able to tell whether they were working as attorneys, law clerks, paralegals, contract attorneys or administrators, Lynch and McEntee write. The national summary report, however, shows that 6.9 percent of all law school graduates in the class of 2008 working at law firms actually held nonlawyer positions. Similarly, would-be students who check out the number of graduates employed in business and industry will find that “in-house counsel with [more...]

Date: 2010-04-21 14:55:53

Family law paralegal - Training contract, trainee solicitor and ...

Skill Requirements: Education: Completion of university Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.): Not required Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years Languages: Speak English, Read English, Write English Business Equipment and Computer Applications: Word processing, Legal software applications Type of Legal Experience (Legal or Law Clerks Only): Administrative, Family Type of Establishment Experience: Legal firm Legal or Law Clerk Specific Skills: Prepare legal documents, court reports and affidavits, Research records, court files and other legal documents Work [more...]

Date: 2009-10-24 17:11:35

YOUTH INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY-Legal · Toronto Community Housing

In addition, the legal unit is supported with litigation clerk, real estate clerk and 2 paralegals. DESCRIPTION OF INTERNSHIP: Toronto Community Housing welcomes internship applications for Summer 2009 (July to August). The Candidate will be closely supervised by in-house general and legal counsels, and will have an opportunity to meet with and interact with legal and non-legal staff. The Candidate will have the opportunity to job shadow in-house counsel (real estate, corporate and litigation practices), and paralegals, as well and real estate and litigation clerks. As an intern, the [more...]

Date: 2009-03-26 19:24:54

Tennessee State University Newsroom: TSU Names Interim Director of ...

Carter will also direct TSU President’s Fellows Program, serve as a member of the University’s human resources committee and serve on TSU’s academic interdisciplinary committee on access and diversity. Prior to coming to TSU in 2000, Carter was an assistant attorney general in the Consumer Protection Division of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, responsible for investigating all complaints regarding the unauthorized practice of law in the state of Tennessee. She has previously served as a judicial law clerk for retired Judge Marietta Shipley in the Davidson County Second [more...]

Date: 2010-04-06 21:53:00

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 59 - Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

Law Clerk: non-lawyer, typically also a law student. Docketing clerk: Typically a paralegal. The most important job in a patent prosecution firm. Patent Paralegals and Secretaries: The most difficult positions to fill with qualified individuals willing to work with patent attorneys. Contract Attorney: The person who is treated the worst but is paid fairly well. Spends the day doing document review and checking facebook. Quote of the week: "Next time wear a tie. This is the Federal Circuit." CAFC Judge to appellate counsel. Inventor Gil Hyatt gets $388 million more – this time from the [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 18:28:26

The Importance of Paralegal Work

The field of Paralegal is no more confided to limited options of jobs but since the law profession is so varied itself, the students with a paralegal degree also have a number of choices to consider. It educates you for a lot of different jobs within like you work in an attorney office, government agency, a corporate law department or a financial organization. If you think law is your thing and you want to edge out the extra competition then you should get a college degree for yourself in paralegal studies. There are many colleges and vocational schools that give you such college degrees. A [more...]

Date: 2010-02-22 16:02:01

Vicki Voisin - The Paralegal Mentor with Paralegal Career ...

She is a tireless promoter of the paralegal profession who heads the Pacific Northwest Paralegal Association (PNPA), an affiliate of NALA. Sandra received the 2009 NALA Affiliated Associations Outstanding Contributions Award for her work with PNPA. Most notable are Sandra's successful efforts to increase the membership of that association. Thanks, Sandra! 1. Where do you work and what is your job title? In July 2009 I celebrated my two year anniversary at Barran Liebman, LLP, a labor and employment law firm where I am a litigation paralegal. 2. What prompted you to choose a paralegal career? [more...]

Date: 2009-12-15 02:11:00

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Many people are surprised to learn that the attorney they retain will actually have paralegals, law clerks and associates doing much of the grunt work on legal issues. This leads to problems when a client wants to talk to the senior attorney, but primarily receives communications from the associate junior attorney or paralegal. In short, ask the attorney how the case will be handled within the office and make sure you are comfortable with the answer. If you are not, move on. The issue of how to pick an attorney is a common one. When in doubt, look for expertise, experience and a comfortable [more...]

Date: 2010-05-09 06:42:33

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