Nice article from LawCrossing about freelancing paralegals: "Because both men and women are expected to work for a living, time for the family is not at all abundant. However, a few individuals in the legal profession are finding ways to make it work. One of those ways is to turn freelance. 'I became a freelance when I had kids,' says Collette Calkins, a freelance paralegal who worked for...
Well, I'd never heard of law firm help desks before, but it makes sense: "Keno Kozie Associates completed the design and implementation of the Gloor Law Group's entire IT infrastructure when the firm announced its formation in early 2006. The new environment includes Interwoven WorkSite document management, Summation iBlaze litigation support and Juris legal accounting as well as other law...
Yes, the debate continues, with one more resolution in favor of "paralegal": "Last month, Keystone Alliance members changed its definition of 'paralegal' to the following: 'A paralegal is a person who is qualified through education, training or work experience to perform substantive legal work requiring the knowledge of legal concepts and ethics, and is employed or retained by a...
The original title of this article was "How Smart Women Win at Office Politics," but I figured this advice applies to everyone: "Do you enjoy dealing with office politics? "Becoming politically savvy is not always viewed as a wholesome, worthy goal. The mere mention of the word "politics" triggers negative connotations. "In her article titled Seven Career...
Regine W. Corrado, partner, & Viswapriya Senthilkumar, senior corporate paralegal, both members of the Chicago office of the prestigious firm, Baker & McKenzie, will address the Paralegal SuperConference in Orlando, Florida, on April 6th. Their 2-hour workshop, "Going Global: Formation & Maintenance of Non-U.S. Entities, Branches, & Other Presences," is packed with...
... by this job advertisement from the UK: "Title: Legal Assistant Location: High Wycombe Job Type: Full Time Salary: TBA "Hodders Law Firm require a legal assistant with excellent IT skills, able to work on their own initiative and with a keen interest in childrens law to become involved in all aspects of secretarial work and legal administration to be based at our High Wycombe...
This news will undoubtedly be met with "Only in Berkeley!" comments: "As a legal assistant in a law firm representing East Bay taxi drivers, Jane Stillwater built friendships with many Afghans who drive cabs locally. She found them warm and hardworking, kind and unassuming. "Stillwater, a free-spirited woman who has lived in Berkeley for 40 years, felt at home among her new...
Interesting article from MIT's Technology Review that's sure to get IP folks fired up: "In monetary terms, the Supreme Court case being heard next Wednesday -- pitting online retail giant eBay Inc. against its left-in-the-dust competitor MercExchange -- might seem trivial. MercExchange, which won the original suit in 2003, by proving to a Virginia jury that eBay's 'Buy it Now' direct...
Good question asked by The New York Times: "HUNDREDS of feet above Manhattan, the reception area of Proskauer Rose's headquarters boasts all of the muscular, streamlined ornamentation that symbolizes authority and power in a big city law firm — modern art, contemporary furniture, white marble floors, high ceilings and stunning views. The background music floating about this particular...
See the costs of e-discovery as detailed by Accountancy Age: "As innocuous as they may once have seemed, the incriminating nature of emails produced as evidence in US corruption trials has forced executives to rethink the expense of managing delicate electronic documents. "The cost of e-dicovery revealing documents in the run up to a trial may also have chief financial officers...