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One of the most significant ways we are judged today is how we write e-mails. No longer are we subject to scores of phone calls or face-to-face meetings. Technology has completely revolutionized the way we communicate. It’s an email…

I can’t tell you how many legal professionals have asked me how to break into the legal technology career. Then they tell me all the reasons they can’t get into the field, usually starting with the old “chicken and the…

It’s that time of the year. You have received your raise and have politely waited a month or so after receiving your bonus. You have looked grateful and appreciative (all the while thinking, you’re giving me this after I worked…

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…

This is a very exciting time for the release of new technologies. I am unsure if it is theresult of pent-up ideas that are finally beingreleased after years of anticipation or simplycompanies seeking to one-up each otherwith the release of…

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Laid-Off Lawyer Competes with Other Attorneys for Paralegal JobsPosted Feb 17, 2009, 09:22 am CST By Debra Cassens Weiss A 43-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who was laid off from her in-house job more than a year ago still has no permanent job,…

If you've read this blog before than you know that this is one of my favorite lists of all time. I anxiously wait for it every year. Every year I am more and more amazed. Enjoy! This year there is an added feature, a translation section. Too…

I was reading the USA Today newspaper last weekend and came across the word “nadir” in an article on homicides. I have never heard the word “nadir” ever in my life. I read like a fiend and write quite frequently. OK so I chalk it up…

I am many things, a designer is not one of them. Here is a great article with some cool and easy design tools to make your presentations jump! And who doesn't want their presentation to jump? Design Tool

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…