Most American law firms employ paralegals to serve in support roles for staff attorneys. By delegating less specialized tasks to paralegals, staff attorneys can focus their more highly compensated ...

The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct recently considered an interesting issue related to deposition practice: whether or not nonlawyers such as paralegals can ethically participate in pretrial ...

EIGHT NEWS AT SIX IN IOWA, 46 OF THE STATE’S 99 COUNTIES ARE CONSIDERED LEGAL DESERTS. THOSE ARE AREAS WITH LITTLE TO NO OPTION FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION. KCCI INVESTIGATES THE IDEA THAT COULD BE THE ...

Law firms regularly employ paralegals to serve as support staff to attorneys. Paralegals frequently conduct legal research, coordinate events with courts and clients and assist with office management.

The demands of modern legal departments tend to fluctuate significantly based upon any number of factors in play at any moment in time. As a result, staffing choices require a certain level of ...

The Paralegal Program consists of the following sections: Introduction to Law, Legal Research, Civil Litigation I & II, Legal Writing, Contracts and Business Organizations, Nexis Uni and TXdocs, ...

Ten licensed paralegals were sworn into the Oregon State Bar on Friday in one of the first programs of its kind, to provide legal help in family law or landlord-tenant matters, two areas with the ...

Paralegals help clients through the legal system by providing document preparation and research. Owning a paralegal service means you also need marketing skills that start with identifying your ideal ...

The attorney-client relationship is a crucial bond formed during the course of a case. At the outset, it is often a paralegal who serves as the liaison between a client and supervising attorney. A ...

DENVER — Colorado is looking to be the next state in the nation to allow non-lawyers to practice law by creating a new legal license. The Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday will hold an open session ...