Digital edition March 2013
Read the March 2013 digital edition of the Carolina Paralegal News here.
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SOUTH CAROLINA Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina Upcoming events: • The LSPSC 48th Annual Membership Meeting and Educational Conference is April 26-28 at the Downtown Marriott in Spartanburg. Officers for 2013-2014 will be installed on April 27. Notes: • For information about programs, services …
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NORTH CAROLINA Alamance County Paralegal Association Upcoming Events • Regular membership meetings are on the third Tuesday of every month at 12:20 p.m. at Carver’s on Elm in Graham. Asheville Area Paralegal Association Upcoming events: • Monthly Membership Meetings are the first Thursday of …
Read MoreWhen does the work day start? When you get there
BOSTON — A federal court recently decided that an employer may have violated federal discrimination law for having the audacity to require an employee to show up for work on time. I guess next we’ll learn that it’s illegal to force an employee to actually …
Read MoreFrom paralegal to university law professor
PHOENIX — Sarah Buel was working as a paralegal for the city prosecutor’s office in Seattle when a judge called her up to the bench after a hearing. She had just argued passionately on behalf of a victim in a domestic violence case. The husband …
Read MoreFull-time paralegal, nighttime law student
As the child of a Navy serviceman, Candace Seagroves lived all over the East Coast, but spent enough time in Wake County to call the rural area around Wendell, N.C. home. She graduated from Heritage Christian Academy, earned her paralegal degree from Johnston Community …
Read MoreFor this paralegal, ‘No two days are the same’
Lynda Pixley was born in upstate New York and raised in Ontario, N.Y., on the banks of Lake Ontario. She graduated from Wayne Central High School with a New York State Regent’s degree in math and science. With a keen interest in working with children, …
Read MoreBack from the dead and fighting to stay alive
It’s true what they say: Karma is a rhymes-with-witch. Twelve months ago, her enigma was my constant companion, a voice of reason and a beacon of hope that I relied upon heavily when I made the decision to depart the legal field. She told me …
Read MoreRed flags every paralegal should watch for
Bad news is around every corner. Many lawyers and firms are still reeling from the economic downturn of recent years while trying to figure out what the future looks like. Some firms are trying to figure out how to do more with less. Many paralegals …
Read MoreTen ways to keep email from becoming your doom
As technology took over law firms and the lives of the lawyers and paralegals, face-to-face conversations ceased to exist. Email became the efficient way to provide the information needed or to seek a quick answer to a question. And with that, and the loss of …
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Digital edition March 2013
Read the March 2013 digital edition of the Carolina Paralegal News here.