The new decade will be a good one for paralegals and legal assistants, with significant job growth expected over the next eight years in those careers. The 2010-11 edition of the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...

My law firm has 40 lawyers, 14 paralegals, and about another 25 or so support personnel, each of whom is critical in his or own way to the smooth humming of a mid-sized law firm. You’ll note that ...

Paralegals are essential to any legal team. They’re trained legal professionals who assist attorneys with various substantive legal tasks that keep a law office running smoothly. Their work often ...

Regardless of how much discovery and litigation change, paralegals remain a central component to the success of any team, matter, or case. Honing their skills and consistently developing them is a ...

As part of our recent discussion concerning selecting and retaining a lawyer, there were several mentions of paralegals, primarily in connection with billing rates. Who are paralegals, what do they do ...

Paralegals can and do play a large role in the cost-effective delivery of legal services. There are countless articles and web pages regarding the utilization of paralegals, education of paralegals ...

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 ...

Paralegal has become the most common career path to the legal operations field, according to the recently released Legal Operations Compensation Survey from the software provider Brightflag. According ...

A firm of local attorneys has filed a legal action against the Immigration Appeals Tribunal (IAT) after it upheld a decision ...