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Paralegal Classifieds - fee-based service dedicated to paralegal and legal assistant job listings. PedagoNet - ads for learning materials and resources organized by subject. Pennysaver.net - directory of regional PennySaver sites. Peoria Online Trader - classified ads on the Internet for people in central Illinois. Pinkboard Classifieds, Australia PKs Computer Site - computer software & hardware, audio and video, automotive, office equipment and more. PriceTimes Garage Sales & Outlet - buy, sell, and trade items for free. Recycler Classifieds - over 150,000 classified ads updated every [more...]

Date: 2009-08-06 15:42:00

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Online Paralegal Courses

Online paralegal programs can be completed in as little as six months or can take up to four years, depending on the course of education the student chooses. Online paralegal courses are offered through written coursework, reading assignments, email, online chats and virtual lectures. Seven out of ten paralegals are employed by law firms and the rest work for government agencies and corporate legal departments, with a small number offering their services on a freelance basis to attorney and agencies. The United States Department of Labor states that the largest employers of paralegals within [more...]

Date: 2010-04-29 17:50:48


Assistant Manager / Senior Paralegal

Franklins Solicitors LLP are seeking an Experienced Assistant Manager/Senior Paralegal to join firm's expanding conveyancing department. The successful candidate will need to have a high level of understanding, combined with experience of conveyancing transactions. The applicant will show excellent organisational skills, have the ability to meet deadlines and work as part of a team. Experience is essential for this position. Excellent remuneration package to the successful candidate including a personal pension scheme after the qualifying period. Please submit CV via email to include salary [more...]

Date: 2010-04-23 10:52:56


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


NALA Manual for Legal Assistants

This book is designed to serve as a quick reference guide for working legal assistants, as a textbook for paralegal programs and to assist legal assistants in preparing for the Certified Legal Assistant examination. Experienced legal assistants and attorneys prepared this manual. It is a collection of proven techniques and procedures used by legal assistants nationwide. The techniques described are examples of past successful solutions to actual assignments accomplished by working legal assistants. They may be used as starting points from which legal assistants may make changes, adaptations, [more...]

Date: 2010-04-23 01:52:38


Paralegal Training Over the Internet can Grant you Access to Study ...

With your training, you can pursue a career in anything from a lawyer to working in a financial institution, as well as many other paralegal careers options. Online paralegal training will open a whole new world to the student who applies themselves during the educational process. Having years behind you in the field, on top of your education and training levels will aid you in your paralegal duties which are to assist the attorney. The paralegal only answers to the attorney, and all your tasks are set by the attorney alone. The paralegal is the assistant of the attorney in the legal matter [more...]

Date: 2010-04-25 04:05:47


Paralegal Degree | CollegeInfoPro.com

Who are Paralegals? Paralegals or legal assistants are assistants of lawyers who help them prepare for trails, hearings, corporate meetings and closings. A paralegal either has certification or a degree in legal studies though it may not be mandatory for some employers. They work mainly for law firms, corporate legal departments or government agencies. Paralegals can be assigned with many tasks like research of laws and judicial decision related to a particular case, organizing documents and preparing reports for an attorney on a particular case, preparing documents and pleading and [more...]

Date: 2010-05-07 02:13:57


Red Ink: Texas: The problem with Federal Student Loans, and why ...

Anybody who has been home sick or has been unemployed and tried to find any form of intelligence on the boob tube during the day has been inundated with the "become a dental assistant" or "become a paralegal" or "get your BS in Criminal Justice" ads (among many many other iterations on the same theme) in heavy rotation on virtually every broadcast and cable channel between the hours of 8 am and 4:30 PM. Virtually all of these are offered by private for profit companies that offer vastly overpriced, non-accreditied courses of questionable value to people who scored generally in the lower [more...]

Date: 2010-03-31 14:48:00


Info on Paralegal Work - Everything You Need To Know Occupation ...

Paralegal or legal assistant is a individual who does administrative work for attorneys. Paralegal jobs are identical to the work of the attorneys even so they are not permitted to offer legal help, legal advice or free legal advice. They also aren’t authorized to legally represent somebody in the court. In most cases, paralegal work involves preparation like doing research needed for hearings, trials, or corporate meetings. Paralegal often operates for law firms, government agencies, and other organizations. If you are generally thinking about doing paralegal work, you have [more...]

Date: 2010-05-06 13:30:04


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


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


Locating a Paralegal Internship (or the Search for Hidden Treasure)

Paralegal programs that provide internships for their students offer an invaluable service, although there are many positives to locating an internship on your own. Seeking a paralegal internship gives students an early start on the development of their resumes, as well as hones their job search skills and expands their professional networks. The search itself may be challenging, but really earning that first internship will feel as exciting as finding buried treasure. The search for an internship would be simple if law firms advertised for interns, but very few firms do. “Cold-calling” [more...]

Date: 2010-04-25 11:02:22


Neo-Trad of the Week

With travel and languages in my blood, I graduated from Georgetown University in the midst of the last recession and moved to Paris, where I put that degree in Foreign Service and my rusty French to work by baking cookies for an American store. I fell in love with my student guide when I visited Kellogg (Northwestern University’s business school) – we’ve been married 16 years and have two very adorable (most of the time!) boys and two very adorable (most of the time!) labradoodles (my girls!). After a number of interesting jobs including being the editorial assistant to Jackie Onassis [more...]

Date: 2010-05-07 11:49:58


Paralegal Salaries for Metropolitan Areas with the Highest ...

Paralegals & Legal Assistants Salaries | Job Description | Education During difficult economic times like these, everyone is concerned about either finding a job or keeping their job. Everyone in the working world is aware of the hardships plaguing unemployment statistics. It seems like more people lose jobs every day even though things are supposed to be getting better. Believe it or not, some industries, occupations, and even geographic locations have managed to escape the downturn in the job market. Luckily, the paralegal profession is a line of work that has continued to see great [more...]

Date: 2010-03-31 22:34:54


Best ABA Accredited Paralegal Training - ACCREDITED

Academic institutions which have this kind of certification can be found on the net or offline through the Standing Committee on Legal assistants Directory of ABA approved Paralegal Education Courses. This might be beneficial to learn since there are actually more than one thousand organizations that are offering legal assistant training. Going through everyone of them so that you can be competent to figure out the ones that are offering aba accepted paralegal training are usually quite a headache. Although these accepted schools would be the best for the reason that they meet particular [more...]

Date: 2010-05-09 09:05:09


Champlain Alumni Awards

Robert Skiff Award - Kim Ireland of Shelburne, VT, Class of 1985 earned an AS degree in Legal Administrative Assistant. Ireland works diligently as the Director of the SD Ireland Construction Corp.'s Cancer Research Fund for the purpose of sustaining her husband, Scott's oncologist Dr. Krag's work as a cancer researcher. Ireland continues their fight for cancer research by donating proceeds from the Ireland's' Annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade, "Walk for Life" supported the fund, and "Pretty in Pink" night to promote breast cancer awareness. One hundred percent of the profits from t-shirt [more...]

Date: 2009-10-05 07:00:00


Paralegal Jobs – Find Out Your Career Opportunities With Online ...

Paralegal, will as a legal assistant or legal secretary, also called, is important, especially in person law firms. A paralegal aids lawyers to do their work on many important legal tasks. But the work of the legal entity is not the only employment opportunity for a paralegal degree diploma, there are many career paths open to students with paralegal degrees. In this article should be on some of them. Many business people looking for other areas as the law firmsfor employees who have received the knowledge of paralegal positions for their companies to ensure that the paralegal have employment [more...]

Date: 2010-04-17 10:33:53


NEW YORK PARALEGAL BLOG: Locating a Paralegal Internship (or the ...

Seeking a paralegal internship gives students an early start on the development of their resumes, as well as hones their job search skills and expands their professional networks. The search itself may be challenging, but really earning that first internship will feel as exciting as finding buried treasure. The search for an internship would be simple if law firms advertised for interns, but very few firms do. "Cold-calling" law firms does not give you much of an opportunity to sell yourself, as you will rarely get further than the front desk person who answers the phone. Serious applicants [more...]

Date: 2010-04-25 05:11:00


Alum sees path to law school through paralegal studies | South ...

Diana Delgado found her path to success through STC’s Paralegal Program. Diana Delgado graduated from South Texas College with an Associate of Science in Paralegal in May 2008. But it wasn’t her intended career path. “I attended another college and started out in criminal justice, but I made the switch to STC and decided to try something else,” she explained. “I took some classes in office management and got interested in paralegal studies because I really wanted to work in the legal field.” Now she is putting her degree to use as a paralegal assistant for Pharr family law lawyer [more...]

Date: 2009-11-30 08:55:40


The Jobless Juris Doctor: ABA Posts Realities of School Debt and ...

Luckily with laid off workers in California I got the BOGW waiver so my ABA approved paralegal program was free. It took me one year to get my certificate and I don't regret it. I did learn a lot about how to draft complaints, pleadings, use BAJI and CACI and draft contracts. However, I keep searching for a legal assistant or paralegal position and I can't find ANYTHING! I went to an interview for a corporate paralegal position, but I lost the job to a UCLA law school graduate. The hiring partners felt bad that the JD was unemployed and had major student loans so they chose him over me. What [more...]

Date: 2010-03-22 18:47:00


Practical Paralegalism: Paralegal and Legal Assistant Have ...

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: 2010-05-02 22:41:00


Becoming a Paralegal is a Hands-On Career

For anyone interested in pursuing a career in the legal profession with a more hands on approach to law without actually being a lawyer, or are looking for a way to get a foot in the door of the legal field, becoming a paralegal may be the ideal choice. Most people have heard of the term "paralegal" or "legal assistant", but are unsure as to the exact details of what a paralegal does. A paralegal or a legal assistant is a person who is employed by a law office, corporation, individual, or government agency, who performs legal work for which a lawyer is usually responsible. A paralegal has [more...]

Date: 2010-02-22 17:27:19


Training Paralegals in Afghanistan

The NATO Training Mission reports on a new program for training Afghan National Army paralegals in computer literacy: The training, instructed by a contracted Program Analyst, provided foundational computer lessons such as Introduction to Computers, IMA Windows XP Course and Windows Outlook Overview. Both ANA and ANP Legal personnel attended the instruction. A group of seven personnel, three ANA Paralegals, one ANA LEGAD, two ANP Paralegals and one ANP LEGAD, arrived at Camp Eggers and stayed for the half-day course. The level of experience in the group varied greatly from not ever touching a [more...]

Date: 2010-04-24 15:24:49


halt studies pro se practices & paralegals in california

news, views and info on self-help law and pro se litigation The legal reform group HALT has released two studies that should be of great interest to the self-help law community.  Both focus on practices in California and offer positive assessments and “best practices” suggestions: “Access to Justice: Self-Represented Divorce Litigants in California: A Best Practices Report” Rachel A. Rubin and Adam Engelhart, UC Hastings College of the Law, Aug. 2006, 75 pp. pdf) focuses on how California’s family court [more...]

Date: 2006-09-27 14:52:04


A Word to the Wise about Online “Legal Assistant Certification”

He refers to "legal assistant certification" again later in the article. Sure, you can get a paralegal or legal assistant degree or certificate online, with a value very much dependent on the reputation of the program and the quality of the training - but you can't become a certified paralegal or legal assistant without passing one of the voluntary national exams offered by organizations such as NALA, NFPA or NALS, or meeting the requirements in states that offer voluntary certification for paralegals. Vicki Voisin, The Paralegal Mentor, has a fantastic post "Why Should You Be Certified" at [more...]

Date: 2010-02-19 00:27:00


What careers in finance would be benefitted by a legal education ...

Regarding being a Paralegal: Employers (usually law firms) in the field of Law today want employees with Bachelors degrees from traditional colleges/universities. Those “certificates” you see advertised aren’t worth the paper they are printed on – they are generally scams. (I found this out the hard way.) Cost of law school to be lawyer, approx $150,000+. Be prepared to take on a lot of debt. Even if you finish law school, you won’t be able to find a job when you are done. Since this vocational field is shrinking, many new attorneys/lawyers are, themselves, having to work [more...]

Date: 2010-05-08 20:12:02


Kensington College Santa Ana California Paralegal Legal Assistant ...

Kensington College Santa Ana California Paralegal Legal Assistant Job Training Tags: Assistant, California, College, Kensington, Legal, Paralegal, Santa, Training This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 at 3:56 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own [more...]

Date: 2010-04-27 15:56:41


Info on Paralegal Work - What You Need To Know Occupation ...

Info on Paralegal Work - What You Need To Know Occupation You might have heard about paralegal or legal assistant. The word paralegal begun to develop during the late 1960’s period. It was during which time that the consideration in legal operation started to increase enormously. Because of this condition, law firms dealt with large workload which they have got to secure other peoples help to be able to undertake the admin work for them and this gave birth to paralegal. Paralegal or legal assistant is a one who does admin service for lawyers. Paralegal tasks are comparable to [more...]

Date: 2010-05-07 09:45:06


Choose Right Paralegal Certificate Programs With few Easy Steps

Others might employ schools designed solely for legal assistant training. No matter what avenue of studies may be chosen, by gaining a certification in paralegal studies, they can then be better able to increase their number of alternatives for positioning and promotion. The National Association of Legal Assistants, The American Alliance of Paralegals and The National Federation of Paralegal Associations are all organizations that offer certification programs. After satisfying various minimum education requirement standards, a candidate will be tested and will receive their credentials. There [more...]

Date: 2010-04-28 00:27:14


Advantages of Getting Paralegal Certificate Programs

Others will utilize schools designed exclusively for paralegal training. Regardless of what avenue of studies chosen, by earning a certificate in paralegal studies, they can increase their options for placement and advancement. The National Association of Legal Assistants, The American Alliance of Paralegals and The National Federation of Paralegal Associations are all organizations that offer certification programs. After satisfying various minimum education requirement standards, a candidate will be tested and will receive their credentials. There is a high demand for paralegals that is [more...]

Date: 2010-04-28 23:23:41


Baton Rouge College

Founded in 1981, Baton Rouge College (BRC) pioneered paralegal education in Louisiana and is currently the largest paralegal college in the state and the only college that specializes in paralegal training in Louisiana. BRC is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET), a nationwide accrediting organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Louisiana Board of Regents for Colleges and Universities. Over the years, Baton Rouge College has very worked very closely with Louisiana’s legal profession. More than 200 Louisiana attorneys [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 11:00:55


Legal Assistant Training On your own PC can Grant you Availability ...

A legal environment could be a great place for you to concentrate your clerical skills on. There have been many campaigns promoting online paralegal schools. It’s easy to find online paralegal courses that you can study over the internet, and the American Bar Association even recommends some of them. By taking these classes online, you can develop a schedule that works best for you. You can study as quickly or as slowly as you want when taking an internet course. The list of paralegal careers are varied in scope from the attorney to financial institutions and more in between. Having an [more...]

Date: 2010-03-13 08:17:09


Would taking a criminal justice class be helpful to someone ...

Even if you finish law school, you won't be able to find a job when you are done. Since this vocational field is shrinking, many new attorneys/lawyers are, themselves, having to work "down" as Paralegals, Legal Assistants, Legal Secretaries, Bailiffs, Court Reporters, etc, etc, to simply try to keep some of their bills paid that the job market/economy is just saturated with way too many Legal Professionals. Instead the schools will feed you a fairytale and will lie to you. The root of the problem is we have too many law schools. We are in a recession, and the schools are fighting for their [more...]

Date: 2010-05-06 01:00:16


Corporate Legal Assistant/ Paralegal

IL-Belleville area, Robert Half Legal is currently recruiting for a Corporate Paralegal / Legal Assistant for a unique growing corporation in Illinois. The successful candidate will provide legal support to the Staff Counsel & Manager of Government Contracts. Duties include establish and maintain corporate filing system, document preparation, maintain land and corporate meeting records and conducting legal resear View original post here: Corporate Legal Assistant/ [more...]

Date: 2010-04-17 02:40:53


Info on Paralegal Work - Do You Want To Know How To DO This Function

Info on Paralegal Work - Do You Want To Know How To DO This Function You could have heard related to paralegal or legal assistant. The word paralegal begun to grow during the late period of 1960s. It was during which time which the need for legal operation began to grow tremendously. Because of this situation, law firms experienced large workload that they’ve got to protect additional peoples support to be able to undertake the admin work for them and this is the beginning of paralegal work. Paralegal or legal assistant is a individual who does administrative work for attorneys. [more...]

Date: 2010-05-04 14:25:04


Paralegal Job Description

Duties of paralegals will differ according to the organization and the area of specialization in which they are employed but this job description outlines the core tasks and responsibilities. PARALEGAL General Purpose Assist and provide a range of legal support and administration to lawyers and other legal professionals engaged in criminal, civil or administrative law.Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities perform legal and factual research perform records research identify relevant judicial decisions, statutes, legal articles, codes and other pertinent material organize and analyze information [more...]

Date: 2010-03-12 10:18:30


What Can You Expect From Paralegal Coaching? | Legal 101

Basic legal assistant training typically comprises of an overview of the legal system as a whole, specialized areas of practice, and the abilities that are relevant to this particular type of job. Don’t make the mistake of allowing this simple outline give you the idea that there is certainly anything minimal or vague about paralegal training, because the coursework is extremely comprehensive and very intense. It can be also one of the most interesting and enjoyable types of coursework which you can possibly put your time into studying! After you have finished basic paralegal coursework, [more...]

Date: 2010-05-07 11:10:44


north carolina paralegal association

Cool and useful websites for paralegals and other legal professionals (and a few funny legal stories along the way). www.ncparalegal.org I'd be remiss if I didn't include a blurb on here about NCPA, well, being I am President and all. If you are a paralegal/legal assistant in North Carolina, you need to be a member of NCPA! Why? Because NCPA is not like other legal associations in that NCPA is solely run by volunteer members who are working paralegals/legal assistants, paralegal students and paralegal instructors. I have been an NCPA member since 1996 and over those years, NCPA has provided [more...]

Date: 2009-05-27 15:17:00


Facts On Paralegal Work - What You Need To Know Occupation ...

Facts On Paralegal Work - What You Need To Know Occupation You might have heard with regards to paralegal or legal assistant. The term paralegal started to grow during the late period of 1960s. It was during which time which the consideration in legal operation began to boost tremendously. Because of this situation, law firms encountered heavy workload which they’ve to secure some other peoples assistance to undertake the administrative work for them and this is how paralegal started. Paralegal or legal assistant is a individual who does administrative operation for lawyers. [more...]

Date: 2010-05-07 13:10:18


Paralegal Duties – The Job Description Of A Paralegal Assistant

Legal Assistant Education – Requirements to Become a Paralegal A legal assistant education covers everything that a legal... Lucrative Paralegal Jobs Overview While lawyers are primarily responsible for the legal. [more...]

Date: 2009-11-08 07:24:36


Legal Assistant Sample Resume: A Lawyer's Example

For any paralegal or legal assistant role, training will be an important qualifier. So which comes first in the resume, education or experience? Follow the basic principle that you should order your information according to the reader’s interest. If the recruiter has several hundred applications to screen, you’ll need to catch their attention in just a few seconds. If your extensive experience in the law is what best qualifies you for the job, make sure that this section comes higher up on the page. On the other hand, an recent graduate lawyer may make a better case by emphasizing skills [more...]

Date: 2006-04-24 00:00:00


How can I tell which online college is legit (Paralegal)?

godoompah March 8th, 2010 on 1:36 pm the only real way to get a degree is to go to a real school and work hard like everyone else. If it sounds to easy to be true, it is! matt March 8th, 2010 on 3:03 pm Ask them one simple question – are you “regionally accredited” to give bachelor’s degrees in paralegal or not. Yes or no. If they say “no” or they waffle and try to tell you that being “regionally accredited” is not important, then run away as fast as you can, they are bogus. I think you should look into programs at your local community college. They are more [more...]

Date: 2010-03-08 13:29:40


Definition of a paralegal | Paralegal Online Courses

Here's the information you need to know about online paralegal cources Definition of a paralegal What’s the definition of a paralegal? Paralegals perform substantive and procedural legal work as authorized by law, which work, in the absence of the paralegal, would be performed by an attorney. Paralegals have knowledge of the law gained through education, or education and work experience, which qualifies them to perform legal work. Paralegals adhere to recognized ethical standards and rules of professional responsibility. What’s the difference between a paralegal and a lawyer? Lawyers [more...]

Date: 2009-08-01 00:00:00


Paralegal Duties – The Job Description Of A Paralegal Assistant

The experience and assistance of paralegal professionals proves to be extremely beneficial to the lawyers in delivering legal services to their clients economically and efficiently. Broadly speaking, paralegal duties entail collection [more...]

Date: 2009-11-12 15:46:38


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Date: 2006-07-27 22:57:36


Info on Paralegal Work - Do You Want To Know How To DO This Occupation

About Me I live on a ranch in Northern California. We have a ton of animals. Pages Home Search Meta Log in Valid XHTML XFN WordPress Subscribe Complete Feed Comments Info on Paralegal Work - Do You Want To Know How To DO This Occupation Info on Paralegal Work - Do You Want To Know How To DO This Occupation You might have heard about paralegal or legal assistant. The word paralegal started to grow during the late 1960’s period. It was during which time that the need for legal works started out to increase enormously. Because of this condition, law firms dealt with large [more...]

Date: 2010-05-05 12:10:02


Paralegal Work Explained | Legal Help and Advice Blog

The American Bar Association defines paralegal as “a person qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible.” With this definition, we can say that paralegal work involves administrative functions from organizing, filing, and retrieving of documents to photocopying and even to numbering of pages, all designed to help the lawyers. Depending on the employer, paralegal or legal assistant may also [more...]

Date: 2010-04-30 15:50:36


Paralegals – Top Organizations You Need To Know

A new organization for paralegals began in 2003 and quickly began setting standards in the legal assistant field. The American Alliance of Paralegals serves individuals. Members in the American Alliance of Paralegals are required to meet certain educational or work experience guidelines in order to be a voting member. The organization was the first national organization for paralegals to become involved in setting minimum educational standards and guidelines. If you are a paralegal hoping to gain membership in a national professional organization, do some research to see what type of [more...]

Date: 2010-04-25 15:03:59


Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Paralegal Profession - Article ...

Advantages And Disadvantages Of The Paralegal Profession By: Ket Ledford The paralegal profession can be called one of the most needed professions of our time. Nowadays any lawyer intends to engage a paralegal. A paralegal’s duties are various. And any lawyer understands that there is much to gain from paralegal’s help. A legal assistant is to do a lot of things from researching a legal case to fulfilling all the documents required. There are a lot of things to do for those who have chosen this profession. However, as any other one it can have some advantages and disadvantages. All [more...]

Date: 2010-05-07 17:05:51


My Online Degree – The Good, the Bad and the Evil! « Knol Bits

Search Search for: Popular Posts Online College Courses: Advantages and Disadvantages ( 10 - Comments ) Choosing Top Online Accredited Colleges - Be Wise!! ( 5 - Comments ) Types of Learning with Online Degree ( 3 - Comments ) How to Identify College Application Phone Scam ( 3 - Comments )Creating School Brochure Online ( 2 - Comments ) Why Enroll In An Online School? ( 2 - Comments ) Recent Posts My Online Degree – The Good, the Bad and the Evil! 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Online Degree Getting Accredited Online Degree in Human Services Are Online Students less Competitive in Job [more...]

Date: 2010-05-07 01:30:37



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