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Practical Paralegalism
http://www.practicalparalegalism.com/
An experienced paralegal and author promotes paralegal education, professionalism and community by celebrating the achievements of paralegals (and sharing a few cautionary tales), as well as practice tips, current news and paralegal profiles.
- Added on: Feb 18th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Lynne DeVenny
- Listed in: Law & Legal Career & Jobs
- Tags: legal news legal humor paralegal legal assistant legal ethics
Recent Posts
How Paralegals Can Assist with Jury Selection
by Lynne DeVenny and Vicki Voisin Dr. David Ball, a nationally recognized trial consultant, was the guest expert on a recent episode of The Paralegal Voice, the podcast we co-host on Legal Talk Network. Discussion during the podcast focused on the pa...
Elgin Community College Goes to Harvard
And Has An Outstanding Mock Trial Competition ExperienceThanks to the team's coach, attorney Ron Kowalczyk, for sharing the results of Elgin Community College's participation this weekend in Harvard's prestigious annual mock trial competition, the Cr...
Whew! Most Expensive Secretarial Error on the Planet Fixed
Remember that poor secretary in Pepsi's legal department, Kathy Henry, who was more or less thrown under the bus by both Pepsi and the media for laying aside a letter that supposedly resulted in a $1.26 billion dollar judgment against Pepsi?The Court...
Community College Beats Yale in Mock Trial Competition
Twitter is exciting. I promise. For example, today Elgin Community College, the only community college and paralegal program participating in Harvard's prestigious annual mock trial competition, the Crimson Classic Tournament, tweeted this: I swear, ...
Paralegal Job Posting of the Week: Don\'t Help Civilly Harass the Neighbors
Hello. My name is Lynne. I am addicted to Craigslist ads for paralegals 'cause some of them are just so darned thought-provoking (and maybe a little scary). For example, check out this ad for a paralegal from "Pro Per seeking Paralegal for civil hara...
Practical Paralegalism\'s Recommended Reading This Week
One of the many reasons that I blog for paralegals is to share information relevant to our profession. There are hundreds of new articles posted every week on the Internet, but once a week I will try to break them down into a half dozen or so “donâ...
