Ethical Dilemmas
Maintaining ethical standards may be one of the trickiest parts of a paralegal’s job.
But practitioners and educators agree that it’s also one of the most crucial.
Read MoreJuly 2010
Here is a link to download a pdf of the July 2010 issue of Carolina Paralegal News
Read MoreFrom rocket ship dreams to law firm life: One paralegal’s journey
Have you ever stepped away from your professional self and wondered, “How did I get here?”
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be an astronaut. I begged and pleaded with my parents to send me to NASA’s summer space camp but was repeatedly denied because my mother couldn’t fathom my being hurled through the air in a zero-gravity, child-killing apparatus. So I became a paralegal instead.
Read MoreNext step to self-mastery: Achievement
As a reminder, the principles of self-mastery can be placed in four categories, or paradigms: fear, duty, achievement and integrity. No matter what the event, you always start with fear and go through duty and achievement to arrive (hopefully) at integrity.
Read MoreChurch’s lunch group an example of diversity of all types
Enjoying lunch with my co-workers, I have often silently contemplated the diversities we all represent. My lunch time companions are receptionists, paralegals, investigators, attorneys and negotiators. They are individuals born in North Carolina, Georgia, Mexico, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, West Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, New York and Nicaragua.
Read MoreLessons learned: NC convention roundup
By Camille Stell, Special to CPN June is the month of conventions for many of North Carolina’s bar associations. This is a time of leadership change as well as to celebrate the relationships attorneys share and recognize their accomplishments. The associations also use this time …
Read MorePublisher’s Note, July 2010
Dear Readers, As many of you know, Carolina Paralegal News started out as a quarterly publication, and then went to bimonthly and is now monthly due to increased demands and content popularity. Although we appreciate the value CPN brings to the paralegal community and the …
Read MoreU.S. Bill of Rights motivated paralegal to join profession
Holly D. Moore is a North Carolina State Bar certified paralegal. She has been employed with Johnson, Peddrick & McDonald in Greensboro for 11-and-a-half years. The firm focuses its practice in estate planning, estate administration, business planning and tax planning. Moore graduated from Davidson County …
Read MoreHearing impediment didn’t discourage paralegal
Joyce Morant is a judicial assistant for Chief District Court Judge Joseph E. Turner in Greensboro, N.C. She is certified through the N.C. State Bar and will receive her associate’s degree in paralegal technology from Guilford Technical Community College in 2011. She already has two …
Read More‘Under-utilizing’ paralegals contributing to job attrition
Kaye Summers is a paralegal with Pulley, Watson, King & Lischer in Durham, N.C. She is certified through the National Association of Legal Assistants and the North Carolina State Bar and recently received her ACP designation from NALA. Summers is the immediate past president of …
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Digital edition March 2013
Read the March 2013 digital edition of the Carolina Paralegal News here.