By Loni MorganelliAmerican Paralegal in London Last week, according to Bloomberg News, Latham & Watkins LLP, the fourth-largest U.S. law firm, made an announcement that they would be offering incoming lawyers $75,000 to take the year off. Latham, which fired 190 lawyers and 250 staff last week, said it is pushing back the start date for all incoming lawyers by two months, and offering the...
Paralegals investigating witnesses, plaintiffs or defendants for trial often review medical records, financial documents, school records and employment history. Now, add to those avenues, social networking.
According to an article in this morning's Legal Intelligencer, it is now standard operating procedure for paralegals to include checking a person's page on MySpace, FaceBook,...
We all get those annoying e-mails. You know, the ones that purport to know our name, recognize that we're "friends" with the sender when in fact, we haven't a clue who they are. Well, Ken Magill is proud to report that he is the first private citizen to have been officially called stupid in an e-mail from America's first African-American president. ...
The National Law Journal carried this story and generously mentioned us in the piece. It comes out Monday. It is much more accurate and fair reporting than the throwaway, cheaply done publication, Litigation Support Today who last month openly and blatantly attempted to dissuade advertisers and subscribers from KNOW, The Magazine for Paralegals with...
Last week, we wrote about how we can help our colleagues who have recently been downsized, merged, purged, laid-off or, god forbid, "rightsized" into oblivion. As you may have heard, yesterday was another Black Monday. The National Law Journal reported that the law firm layoffs haven't let up. Four major firms announced job cuts on Monday, totaling more than 300...
By Loni MorganelliAmerican Paralegal in Londonand Chere EstrinA couple of months ago, I was talking with a paralegal in Florida. I asked her how the recession was affecting her firm and inquired whether she felt there might be lay-offs coming down the pike. She was unaware that thousands of paralegals were being laid-off across the country. Last week, she...
In the aftermath of today''s depressing news (over 2,000 attorneys and paralegals have lost their jobs in the past few weeks and today Latham & Watkins announced it is laying off over 250 paralegals and staff and 190 attorneys), we sure could use some good news.
Enter Mary Flaherty, Paralegal Program Studies Director for Suffolk University in Boston gave us all...
I had a terrific opportunity to run into two upbeat, interesting women who have the perfect jobs for paralegals seeking alternative careers. Now, hold your horses here because the first thing I'm going to tell you is that they are located in, well, Fargo, North Dakota. Yep. Unless you've seen the movie Fargo, you probably don't realize that it's a happening...
I may be just a little overexcited about what might otherwise be mundane news. But, hey, I live in Hollywood, I'm attached to the paralegal field and well, I've been curious as to why just about every TV series revolving around lawyers and law firms leaves out paralegals.
Years ago, I attended a Los Angeles Paralegal Association seminar where the technical advisor to a hit...
By Loni MorganelliAmerican Paralegal in London
In today's busy world with our hectic work schedules, family commitments, and endless pressures, it's hard to find the time to stop and go to school. But whether you're a fully qualified paralegal or working towards your certificate, continuing education is a vital part of our profession. Fortunately today, there are many...