Well, this must be good news. More lawyers working means more paralegals needed, right? "The nation's largest 250 law firms grew by 4 percent in 2006, a figure that was just shy of last year's gains but still reflected a sound legal economy. "The results of the 2006 NLJ 250, The National Law Journal's 29th annual survey of the nation's largest law firms, revealed that 121,423...
This is a remarkable story about a project organized by legal staff members: "Marine Lance Cpl. Brenton Hutson of Wheat Ridge carried a 12-by-8-inch American flag through much of his tour of duty in Iraq. "On Friday, Hutson and another Marine visited the downtown Denver offices of Holland & Hart to thank the law firm's staff for sending the flag with a note. "'Little things...
Here are 4 suggestions for how new paralegal grads can land their first professional job: "For many students, graduating from college with a degree in paralegal studies is a moment filled with starry eyes and great hopes for a new and improved career choice. Then they begin to look for a job. "'I'm sorry, but we really need someone who has had some experience in this area.' Rejection,...
I'm not really a Britney fan, but it sounds like she's got a solid pre-nup agreement: "She has been dismissed as simply a bubble-headed pop princess. "So when Britney Spears filed for divorce last week after two stormy years of marriage to Kevin Federline - now dubbed Fed-Ex - many assumed it would cost the 24-year-old singer a hefty chunk of her reported £65million fortune....
And most new jobs were made possible by changes in technology: "Throughout the past two decades, corporate law offices have undergone a quiet revolution. Increasingly sophisticated technology and a much more stringent legal and regulatory environment now provide paralegals with some wonderful opportunities. Many new job prospects involve employment in a section of corporate legal departments...
Yeah, the first thing you're asking (I did too!), is what is a Mechanical Turk? "Some day, your boss could be a faceless Mechanical Turk who doles out tasks over the Internet. For nearly a year, Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk has paid amounts ranging from one cent to several dollars for tasks that take a few seconds to a few minutes to complete. The jobs include taking surveys, contributing to...
Found this advice on a very interesting blog, "What About Clients?" "The goal of the 'What About Clients?' 12 Rules is outrageous client service--but the 12 Rules' way of getting there is to align the interests of clients and customers and service providers. They were derived from the 'How To Practice Law' section of our firm's Practice Guide, written for associates and paralegals...
Helping people vote legally & successfully is a good thing: "South Carolina voters will have a lot of company at the polls on Election Day as several groups say they will watch for problems across the state. "The U.S. Justice Department will dispatch more than 800 observers nationwide, a record for a non-presidential election year, but will not make an announcement about where...
News of a law firm merger in Connecticut, 'driven by client needs': "Day, Berry & Howard, one of the state's largest law firms, will change its 74-year-old name as it merges with a New Jersey-based law firm to double its staff of lawyers and extend its geographic reach."Day, Berry's merger with Pitney Hardin, based in Morristown, N.J., will create a firm with about 400 lawyers and...
Salon magazine's help column answers an amusing & serious career question: "Nov. 3, 2006 | Dear Cary, "I don't know what to do with my life. "No, I don't mean in that midlife-crisis kind of way. Long story short, I am 21 and I live with my boyfriend (27). While this traditionally is not considered wise, I have little choice, being one step away from poverty every day. I am...