The Paralegal World According to Sara Youngers

  Sara Youngers has a unique position.  In addition to working in litigation, Youngers also works on legal billing fee analyses.  In other words, she may be auditing the time your law firm bills to its clients.  In an exclusive Q&A, Youngers talks about her career, her duties, her future. How long have you been a paralegal? Since April 2003, for approximately 7 years....

Paralegal: The Only Legal Job Creating Its Own Positions & Making Lots of Mula

The paralegal profession was created out of whole cloth.  Sometime about 30 years ago, someone (I don't know who) had an idea to title a person who was moving out of the legal secretary position but not quite into the associate position, a paralegal.  On top of that, whoever this person was, figured out that the paralegal could get paid more dollars and -wait! wait!...

Who Put the Voo in the Vuvuzelahs? and Other Questions Your Boss Might Ask

Establishing a good relationship with your boss is critical for success.  And frankly, it's sometimes hard to talk with these folks. If you have a distant relationship with him or her, you probably have no idea what to informally chit-chat about. You don't want to cross any boundaries but when your boss starts small talk with you, it becomes even more important that you make...

Who Put the Voo in the Vuvuzelahs? and Other Questions Your Boss Might Ask

Establishing a good relationship with your boss is critical for success.  And frankly, it's sometimes hard to talk with these folks. If you have a distant relationship with him or her, you probably have no idea what to informally chit-chat about. You don't want to cross any boundaries but when your boss starts small talk with you, it becomes even more important that you make...

Virtual Paralegal’s Gutsy Message: “BigFirm, Listen Up”

Pamela Starr, a virtual paralegal who says she is located anywhere her laptop is, had a strong response to my post this weekend about Jones Day's decision to lay-off non-attorney staff. The 2500 lawyer firm announced last week that it was letting go an unspecified number of legal staff because the jobs can be done by voice mail, e-mail, iPhones and other electronic devices. Pamela, who...