Paralegal articles, editorials and views from the field
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How Often Is a Jury Wrong?
Nobody"s Perfect In a perfect world, at every trial, the innocent would be acquitted, and the guilty would be convicted each time with perfect accuracy.Alas, it is not a perfect world. As statistics are now telling us, juries get it wrong many times. In a set of 271 cases from four areas, juries gave wrong verdicts in at least one out of eight cases, according to "Estima...
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What Things Can Lawyers Delegate to Paralegals?
The Correct Use of Paralegals The American Bar Association has some updated suggestions for the appropriate distribution of work to paralegals.Here are the current guidel...
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Paralegal Gets Bitten by the Entrepreneur Bug
Persistence Pays Victoria Ring offers an inspiring story to paralegals who want to forge their own path.With a little chutzpah, Ring revolutioni...
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Lawyers Need Lawyers: The Rise in Sexual Harassment Complaints by Paralegals
Say What? There"s a blitz of paralegals reporting sexual harassment by their employers in recent months, and stunning amounts of compensation are being award to the ...
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Are You an Indispensable Paralegal?
Five ways to ensure that attorneys won"t be able to live without you A talented paralegal is an attorney"s vital agent in conducting business in the hectic world of ...