Just about every week, the question of whether to license paralegals comes up. What never comes up is the real "why". Oh sure, you'll hear ramblings on and on as…
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I got all excited. The NALA salary survey was out. Time to find out what paralegals around the country were making. And then the other shoe dropped. I'm not a…
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Today I'm here to tell you about one of the most powerful days in my life. It was transforming. Awe-inspiring. A day filled with tremendous personal freedom. It was the…
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Show me an employee who says the money doesn't matter and I'll show you someone whose nose is growing. Paralegals are now facing a tremendous game changer - the advent…
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This hybrid position is an insult to the field. These firms combine the paralegal/legal assistant (or legal secretary) positions. This move pushes the paralegal field down and demotes the paralegal…
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It's a sure-footed, absolute and positive, no mistakin' it gamble. Switching specialties, that is. Bored with what you're doing? Fed up with a paltry salary? Peeking over the fence to…
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Cover letters are usually boring. About 98% of the time it’s entirely possible that your cover letter is just like the last one that the employer read. In fact, while…
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Oh, for heaven's sake! First we read for years how the major firms are going to go under, disband or simply disappear and now we're reading out go the midsize…
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2015! Predictions for each new year is a c**pshoot. How can you know? Based on what? I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that most likely,…
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"Here is what Robert Denny says is slated to happen in 2015. My take on things is that he's probably 95% correct for lawyers. But then again, I'm only concerned…
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