Our student Tia Howell is selling Ducks for the Center for Prevention of Abuse Duck Race.  We use the Center's resources as we review Domestic Abuse and Domestic Violence in Family Law and our students and faculty have volunteered,…

LEGAL EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTBlack, Black & Brown is a well-established and growing law firm seeking a well-organized, self-motivated, energetic Legal Executive Assistant to assist and support attorneys.Essential duties and responsibilities…

Below is an excerpt from a book that Emily, my 17 year old daughter, picked up titled: The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie: Letting Go of Fear Picture yourself swimming — floating — peacefully down a gentle stream. …

Today is my birthday and it is a day that I usually have at least one good, solid cry. I do so not because I’m getting older (although the number is starting to cause pause) … I do so because my father, God rest him, passed…

Below is fellow Solosezzer, large plant printed shirt wearing, lives and works in the US Virgin Islands, fellow Andy (ok I’m Ande but it’s close enough) … in the matter Hall v. Hall before the US Supreme Court. I had the…

The year 2015 has been a difficult one for me and my family.  My youngest son, Brian, age 39, lost his battle to diabetes, bi-polar disorder and addiction on May 30, 2015.  While I continue to work as a Paralegal and have attempted…

ABA to debate how much a bar applicant should have to reveal their mental health history.…

I just read a great blog at The Estrin Report, written by fellow paralegal, Chere Estrin, called “Still Thinking about Licensing Paralegals? Hogwash.  Old School Thinking.” I am still on the fence about licensing paralegals.…

In case you haven’t heard, a New York judge ordered that a Wife could serve her Husband on Facebook with her divorce documents.  This was only done after the Wife could show that she had no other way to serve Husband, as he had no…

In case you haven’t heard, a New York judge ordered that a Wife could serve her Husband on Facebook with her divorce documents.  This was only done after the Wife could show that she had no other way to serve Husband, as he had no…

As reported by NBC News and the Associated Press, an Oregon couple has been charged with murder after their infant son starved to death, police said. Amanda Hancock, 22, and Stephen Williams Jr., 27, of Glendale, Oregon, were arrested Tuesday…

There is really no need to hide or be ashamed of the fact that I am a legal nerd.  If you know me, work with me, or read my paralegal  blog regularly, you already know it.  What makes me a legal nerd? Read on to find out:…

Considering becoming a freelance paralegal? You should take a serious look at your motives, personality, experience, and finances, just for starters.  I am going to give you the good, the bad, and the ugly on being a freelance paralegal…

If you work in personal injury or worker’s compensation you may have had the unfortunate experience of dealing with a litigation loan shark.  Litigation lending is becoming more and more common with the difficult economy.  All legal…

Times are tough.

This being my inaugural post on Paralegal-ish, I wanted to review some history of our profession.