Stressed out and going nowhere

Being a tad stressed out lately, I decided to research the topic and unfortunately, came up with the same old boring routine run-of-the-mill suggestions. There's nothing worse than for stressed out paralegals and legal professionals to read another article on stress that tells you to:a.    Take a break. (Right.  With that pile of work on my desk, my boss breathing...

What Happens When a Legal Publication tries for Sensationalism? Sorry, Couldn’t hear you over that loud thud.

On occasion, a publication will go to print with an article that had Murphy's law written all over it from the beginning.  Such is the case of LTN's article last week on certification exams.  Trying to create (and I quote) "a huge controversy" where there was really nothing more than a bit of wheezing, LTN decided to go for the August sweeps by...

UNITIZATION: The Process of Separating Logical Boundaries from Physical Boundaries

Bob Sweat, a talented writer and eDiscovery expert is back today with another guest blog.  Bob, as most of you know, hails from the Great State of Texas where everything there is bigger - even the cases. In the previous issue, I wrote about scanning as most cases still include a paper component; lots of it in some cases. As these two subjects (scanning and unitization) intertwine so...

SCANNING – Low Tech Highly Misunderstood

Our guest blogger today is Bob Sweat who has quite an impressive background in the litigation wars.  Today, Bob writes about scanning..... In paper collections you usually find documents in folders and some loose in between folders.  The pages are bound by various elements, such as staples, paper clips, binder clips and rubber bands.  In the normal course of business it is not...

Are you doing all you can taking a witness statement?

One of our favorite guest bloggers is back!Barbara Haubrich-Hass, ACP/CAS on: WITNESS STATEMENTS  It is important to memorialize the sequence of events in any given incident.  One way to accomplish this is to obtain statements from the percipient witnesses.  Nailing down a witness’ version of how an incident occurred early in a case can be one of the most important components...

7 Steps to Overcoming Public Speaking Humiliation

  The other day, I wrote the big reveal about public speaking.  Essentially, I wrote that fear of public speaking is not about public speaking.  It’s a fear of being humiliated. I offered up 5 reasons why fear manifests itself.  As a speaker for the past 20 some odd years, I like to think that I've experienced it all. Maybe that's true. Until the next time,...

5 Good Reasons Public Speaking May Not Be Working For You

According to public polls, the number of people suffering from a fear of public speakingtrumps fear of death.  This has always been hard for me to understand as I have always enjoyed the experience – public speaking that is, not death. In this day and age when getting heard is so important, public speaking has become a critical tool in moving your paralegal or legal career forward. ...

Going On’s…..This ‘n Thats…..

Tough week?  Take a few moments to enjoy our guest blogger, Celia Elwell, RP and senior paralegal, who sends us interesting links and articles.  Enjoy! Judge Throws Out RICO Claims Against Johnson & Johnson, by Shannon P. Duffy, The Legal Judge Dismisses BP Oil Spill Fraud Lawsuit, by Maureen Cosgrove, JURISTJury Awards $900 Thousand In Age Discrimination Case, by Ellen Simon,...