You must read "A small 'thank you' to heroes" article from the Cincinnati Post: "Cincinnati paralegal Cathy Hutton felt obligated to do something for emergency responders after the 2001 terrorist attacks.... Since its inception about two years ago, the Cincinnati Paralegal Association's Wills for Heroes program has provided free wills, living wills and health-care proxies to about...
Legal Assistant Today looked into a survey (PDF link), recently released by the International Legal Technology Association (ITLA), which reported that: "Comprehensive matter management systems are becoming the industry standard for the corporate legal community as more firms are seeking efficient ways to centrally manage data outside their e-mail and calendar systems, according to the...
Well, this is an interesting article from the IndiaTimes: "BANGALORE: Quite a lot is being said about the enormous opportunity in legal process outsourcing (LPO) for India. But research and analytics services company Evalueserve has, in a recent report, said that the opportunity is more hype than reality. It says only 1.2% of the legal and paralegal jobs would be offshored from the US to...
Yes, it's been 25 years since the very first LegalTech! Who knew then that this conference would be such a hit? "With conferences and trade shows in both New York and Los Angeles, LegalTech is the #1 Resource for law firms and legal departments to get hands-on practical information for improving their law practice management." Well, LegalTech will be back in NY on January 30, 31 &...
"New York State’s Family Protection and Domestic Violence Intervention Act needs to be amended to offer more protection to victims of domestic violence, believes St. John’s University Legal Studies’ major Jason Ciarlante, who is asking students for their signature on a petition supporting a bill (A05052), introduced by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein of Brooklyn, that would amend the...
A review of the new & improved search capability on FirstGov sounds very good. This government site offers access to content from U.S. federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial sources. Find access to the single search box either via a link on the FirstGov.gov home page or by going directly to Firstgovsearch.gov. Some of what's new: + Larger DatabaseDatabase grows from about 8 million...
Is coming soon! On Feb. 9-10, 2006, Estrin LegalEd will present the latest Paralegal SuperConference at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. This unique event brings together nationally respected speakers & workshop leaders with the nation's most capable professional paralegals. It's supported by the Legal Assistants Association of Utah, the Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association -...
Very helpful pointers, news, & web links come from The Virtual Chase, a legal research business & website: "The Virtual Chase has assisted legal professionals conducting research on the Internet since Summer 1996. Originally a hobby, the site began as a means by which to disseminate articles and teaching aids to law librarians and other instructors of Internet research. Now owned by...
...can increases in paralegal compensation be far behind? One hopes not! See "As Times Get Better, So Do the Bonuses" from The National Law Journal: "Many top firms in New York, historically bestowers of the largest associate bonuses in the nation, doled out $30,000 to $60,000 to their junior attorneys, up from a maximum of $50,000 in associate bonuses in 2004. Some firms on the...
The further adventures of "Article III Groupie," the funny, gossipy legal blog writer, are described in this NY Times article: "It all began on a Sunday in November when The New Yorker magazine posted a "'Talk of the Town'" article on its Web site about David B. Lat, an assistant prosecutor for a little over two years, who -- unbeknown to nearly all his colleagues,...