Paralegals
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Courts
These North Carolina Paralegals Are Suing For The (Limited) Right To Practice Law
Should you really need to pass the bar to be able to help someone file for divorce? Probably not. -
Legal Ethics
Fake Lawyer Gives Fake Lawyers A Bad Name
Not being a lawyer doesn't make someone a scam artist. - Sponsored
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Biglaw
Ex-Biglaw Paralegal Allegedly Embezzled More Than $600K From Firm
She allegedly used the money to pay her credit card, mortgage, and student loan bills.
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Some Biglaw Staff Seem Pretty Pissed About The New Associate Salary Scale
It's like 'a slap in the face' to staff at all law firms. -
Biglaw
Stat Of The Week: Legal Staff Are Stressed
Many face increased workloads and mental health difficulties, a new survey shows. -
Biglaw
Professional Paralegals Deserve More Respect
Professional paralegals can be extremely valuable to law firms, and more shops should respect and invest in professional paralegals. -
Military / Military Law
From Law School To Paralegal
Why 'going backward' allowed me to move forward. -
Paralegals
Utah’s Licensed Paralegal Practitioner Program Starts Small
A Utah Supreme Court justice believes the nonlawyer initiative designed to bolster access to justice is poised for growth. - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
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Biglaw
Overwhelming Majority Of Biglaw Staff Members Say Their Mental Health Needs Aren't Being Addressed
It's time for Biglaw to pay attention to the elephant in the room. -
Small Law Firms
The $100K Paralegal: Lawyer Winds Up Paying Six Figures Over $300 Dispute With Former Employee
This lawyer represented himself into a gigantic financial hole. -
Small Law Firms
Paralegals Shot To Death At Law Firm In String Of Murders
The suspect in these deaths killed himself as police closed in today. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Offers Special Bonuses On Top Of Regular Bonuses As Reward For Increased Partner Profits
Who's getting more money in their next paycheck? -
Biglaw
Special Bonuses On Top Of Regular Bonuses Are The New Norm At This Firm
This firm continues to set the bar high.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.22.17
* After about two weeks of silence, President Trump has finally spoken out about the sexual misconduct allegations that Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore is facing. Seeming to indicate support for the accused child molester, the president said, “Roy Moore denies it. That’s all I can say,” before he ripped into Moore’s opponent. [AL.com]
* “Practically every law school in the country is offering more tuition discounts or scholarships than they did pre-2010.” Now is apparently a great time to apply to law school, if only because it’ll wind up being cheaper than it’s been in years. [U.S. News]
* Biglaw is getting in on the green rush in Canada ahead of its nationwide legalization of recreational marijuana. Dentons, Cassels Brock, and Stikeman Elliott each have roles as counsel in a huge cannabis deal in the Great White North. [Am Law]
* Another federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from banning transgender people from serving in the military, ruling that the ban “cannot possibly constitute a legitimate governmental interest.” We can’t wait to see the president’s angry tweets about this. [Reuters]
* When it comes to parental leave at Biglaw firms, staff members are really getting the short end of the stick. In fact, at some firms, hourly staff members aren’t even considered for parental leave benefits. [Big Law Business]
* Judge William M. Hoeveler, legendary jurist (S.D. Fla.), RIP. [Miami Herald]
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eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
Wait, No Go. Wait, No Go. Striking The Balance On When To Incur Costs For eDiscovery.
This problem can be solved, but it requires advance planning, strategy, and some expenditure. -
eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
A Quick Reference Guide To Understanding eDiscovery Pricing
Ediscovery columnist Kelly Twigger walks you through the different cost components for ediscovery. -
eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
The Crucial Role Of The Project Manager In eDiscovery
Dealing with ediscovery is complex, and the details to be handled are endless. -
Deaths
Woman Killed During Charlottesville Protest Was A Paralegal
Authorities have now identified the sole fatality in the incident as Heather Heyer, a paralegal in the bankruptcy division of the Miller Law Group. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.14.17
* James Alex Fields Jr., the 20-year-old accused of ramming his car into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one and injuring numerous others, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding, and one count related to leaving the scene of an accident. [NPR]
* Heather Heyer, the 32-year-old woman who was killed in Charlottesville this weekend, was a paralegal at a small law firm where she managed the bankruptcy department. She was described as woman willing to stand up against “any type of discrimination.” We’ll have more on this tragic news later today. [New York Times]
* After being urged by Senator Ted Cruz to “prosecute this grotesque act of domestic terrorism,” the Department of Justice has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the deadly white supremacy rally that occurred this past weekend in Charlottesville, as the events that unfolded there “strike at the heart of American law and justice.” [Independent Journal Review; The Hill]
* “Evidently that’s not going to happen.” Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is walking back comments that he made back in April about the likelihood of a Supreme Court justice (i.e., Justice Anthony Kennedy) retiring this summer. Maybe he’ll get his wish next summer. [Reuters]
* Classes are supposed to begin at Charlotte Law in three weeks, but according to a spokesman from the University of North Carolina system, the school’s temporary license to operate has expired. The dean of the troubled law school, on the other hand, says the license hasn’t expired. Hmm… [Charlotte Observer]
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Biglaw, Money
Struggling Firm's Bank Refuses To Issue Money For Paychecks
Yikes! This isn't very good...