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...
Jones Day, the #4 firm in the AM 200 with 2,500 lawyers and 32 offices announced last week that it axed an unspecified number of support staff in its Cleveland office.
Further, it announced that it let go 32 staffers in its Los Angeles and Dallas offices. Recession? Cash flow problems? Too few clients? Too little work? Guess again. ...
Today must have been the day for buses. On at least three occasions, I read the phrase, "In case I get hit by a bus." My mother used to tell me that. Only she added that I had to be sure to be wearing clean underwear just in case.
I commented to my husband that I was reading a lot of cliches lately. He asked me, "Why do people think they would get hit...
Just when I thought that the Great Recession was past us, bam! Law.com publishes an article announcing,"Law Firms Predict More Layoffs Among Non-Equity Partners, Support Staff."
I mean, a gal can't catch a break over here. According to the article, "A new survey released Tuesday by national consulting firm, Altman Weil shows that law firms nationwide still expect...
When we accept a position, we are accepting the dream: that life will somehow be better with the upward mobility this job is sure to bring. Rarely do we attribute disappointment or growing frustration with our own lack of personal responsibility for planning our career.
You may be one of a large group of paralegals experiencing tremendous job satisfaction but wondering how to...
Let's face it. Who has a successful career without reaching a point of been there, done that, need more? Few people, I suspect. Otherwise, we'd all be going nowhere.
Self-motivation is not innate. It's not inherited and it certainly is not granted by the paralegal fairy. It is, in fact, a characteristic that we either utilize or we don't.
I'm intrigued today by Barbara...
I get press releases. Publishing two e-magazines (KNOW, The Magazine for Paralegals and SUE for Women LItigators) makes me a target for tons and tons of PR releases. I just wish I could believe all of them.
Today, I received a PR release from LawCrossing.com. Now, I have always thought there were some very interesting jobs on this website and frankly, it can give you an...
Humor. It's difficult to write, can be hard to deliver and there's always a risk you'll fall flat on your you-know-what. However, I found a terrific blog called Paralegals On Trial that is fresh, funny and worth reading. I spoke by phone with the blogger who is as upbeat and southern as her blog. For some reason, she wants to remain...
This isn't the kind of thing we want to hear. The New York Law Journal reports that a paralegal who took part in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud and foreclosure scam was sentenced to three years in prison. Apparently, from 2004 to 2007, the paralegal, 33, and 26 others including mortgage brokers and loan processors at the Brooklyn-based firm AGA Capital NY...
From our guest blogger, Tom Dezell:Be the Answer to the Hiring Managers’ Problemsby Tom DezellToday’s labor market is an employer’s market. Companies can select from arguably the largest candidate pool in history. Discouraged job seekers often complain that the disparity in numbers contributes to an atmosphere of employer arrogance. Their advantage of supply over...