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Digital edition March 2013
Read the March 2013 digital edition of the Carolina Paralegal News here.

Columns

• Back 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 everything would be okay and assured me that a writing and research career would be ...
• Red 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 have a bird’s eye view of the firm’s financials and they are worried. However, many ...
• Ten 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 face-to-face conversations, issues and conflict began to arise within the work environment. Before, when a ...