Women face human rights abuses in the informal legal sector: "Women in rural Sierra Leone have few protections from discrimination and other human rights violations and abuses. They face formal and official discrimination under the law, in customs and in rulings in matters of personal status, marriage and inheritance. Although there is a system within the formal sector through the Local...
Been in contact today with a VSA (Very Stressed Administrator), from a firm in Metairie, LA. One of the many effects of Katrina is the scarcity of candidates to fill open positions. There are good-paying jobs going unfilled because no one is there to start work! For example, this firm seeks two experienced paralegals to work with a senior partner. The ideal candidate should posess a good work...
See the latest prediction here: "India is set to achieve significant growth from its current share of 3-4 per cent to 6-7 per cent in the 250 billion dollar global market of Legal Process Outsourcing, by 2010."According to the BPO Council of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM), more than 200 top US companies alone are looking for offshore locations towards...
Virtual assistants also 'do' legal! "For most professionals, Friday, May 19, 2006 will be an ordinary workday -- but not for Lynn Carroll, a virtual legal assistant who lives and works from her home in Colorado Springs. She, along with colleagues in the area and around the world will be celebrating the first annual International Virtual Assistants Day (IVAD). The inaugural celebration of...
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So, litigation paralegals, think Fosamax could be the next VIOXX? Hear the discussion on Legal Talk Network: "On this edition of Coast to Coast, find out more about personal injury lawsuits and class actions being filed against Merck by women who took the drug, Fosamax. Many now suffer severe medical and dental problems. "Co-hosts & Attorneys J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi...
Nice to hear from the ABA about this important issue: "May 9, 2006 -- American Bar Association President Michael S. Greco today called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to carry out 'a thorough inquiry into the nature and extent of the warrantless domestic surveillance conducted by the administration,' and called any legislative action 'premature' until such an inquiry has taken place....
It's all about making EDD accessible to small firms & solo practitioners where paralegal tech skills can come in handy: "Recently, a Texas firm received a dozen Microsoft Outlook .pst files from a client. Like the dog that caught the car, they weren't sure what to do next. Even out on the prairie, they'd heard of online hosting and e-mail analytics, but worried about the cost. They...
There's more talk about outsourcing legal research & paralegal jobs. One report says that by 2015, 79,000 jobs will be outsourced; half will be legal staff & paralegals. Will your job be one of them? "General counsel should know of the dramatic increase in compensation levels for associates working for large Texas firms. As in the past, the reason for the increase was that Texas...
Here's what's going on in Zambia, Africa: "ZAMBIA has missed by far the 30 per cent SADC gender and development declaration target for women in decision-making by 2005, Non-Governmental Co-ordinating Council (NGOCC) chairperson Lucy Muyoyeta has said. "In her speech read by NGOCC board member Theresa Nyirenda during the official opening of Law and Development Association (LADA) new...