Carolina Paralegal News – January 2011 PDF
Here is a link to download a pdf of the January 2011 issue of Carolina Paralegal News. Click here to download.
Read MoreIn the Spotlight
On Dec.10, four paralegals from Ted A. Greve and Associates in North Carolina went to lend a hand at the Operation Christmas Child Processing Center in Charlotte. They put together a box for a boy between the ages of 9 and 14 and were eager …
Read MoreQ&A: CLE needs to be fun, not a day’s worth of ‘dry speakers’ and ‘crummy food’
Stephanie Elliott-Park is a paralegal with Gray, Layton, Kersh, Solomon, Furr & Smith in Gastonia, N.C. She has been working in the field for 14 years and is a member of NALA, the Paralegal Division of the N.C. Bar Association and the Metrolina Paralegal Association. …
Read MoreQ&A: When mistakes happen, learn and move on
Lee Weiland is a paralegal in the litigation practice group at McAngus Goudelock & Courie in Columbia, S.C. In 2003, Weiland received her bachelor’s degree in media communications from College of Charleston and later earned her paralegal certificate from Midlands Technical College. CPN: How long …
Read MoreQ& A: Shaking off office pressure comes with ‘age, wisdom and experience’
Donna Parker Meadows is a paralegal for attorney Ernest L. Conner Jr. at Graham Nuckolls & Brown in Greenville, N.C. For her first 15 years of employment at the firm, Meadows focused on criminal law and family law. Now, her work concentrates almost solely in death penalty …
Read MoreWhat’s hot, what’s not: Experts weigh in on the trends paralegals should be watching in 2011
By DIANA SMITH, CPN Managing Editor diana.smith@nc.lawyersweekly.com The job market dried up, layoffs loomed and bonuses bit the dust. That may be the gloomy legacy of 2010 when it comes to happenings in the legal industry. The recession left no one immune from the …
Read MoreEggs, coffee and a Ziploc bag: Recipe for cert exam success
By SYLVIA ADCOCK, CPN Staff Writer sylvia.adcock@nc.lawyersweekly.com I guess I owe it to Ziploc bags and my mom’s cooking. I had it all planned out. I thought I could start studying for the North Carolina State Bar’s paralegal certification exam exactly one week beforehand and …
Read MoreConsidering a life coach? Choose carefully
By Camille Stell, Special to CPN In order to find renewed inspiration at work or to take your career to the next level, we have discussed working with a career coach. In my November column, I shared the experience of someone who did just …
Read MoreWant to learn the ropes at a law office? Say yes – a lot
By ERICA C. McADOO, Special to CPN I loved working in a law firm the first day I started. I think I made copies for about eight hours … on a Saturday … for free. But I did it with a great attitude, and I …
Read MoreParalegals: Now is the time to learn the art of leadership
By Cheryl Leone and Dave Favor Special to CPN As we teach leadership to lawyers and non-lawyers, we find it interesting the many misconceptions people have when it comes to understanding true leadership. It is gratifying when we see leaders develop an understanding of the …
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Digital edition March 2013
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