Taking advantage of this new era of social networking, a smart paralegal has identified a need and filled it. Robin Elizabeth Margolis, paralegal, realized that IP paralegals and e-discovery paralegals have positions that demand unique knowledge but no specialty associations existed to address their positions.
Using LinkedIn, Google Search, and other Internet tools, she formed two associations: The Association of Intellectual Property Paralegals and The e-Discovery Paralegal Association. "I went ahead and joined every single IP law, litigation, paralegal, and e-discovery group on Linkedin — and announced my groups," says Margolis.