Cassandra Oliver is a senior paralegal for Williams Cos. Inc. An Advanced Certified Paralegal, she is the secretary of the National Association of Legal Assistants/Paralegals. Oliver has a bachelor's ...

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 ...

As AI becomes a bigger part of the legal world, it’s important for attorneys to find the right balance between using this new technology and relying on the skills of their paralegal team. With the ...

Nancy Harbour, J.D., was a trial attorney for 28 years. “A main reason for my success as a trial attorney was the work of my paralegals,” says Harbour, who now is assistant professor and program ...

The Paralegal Certificate Program is designed and taught by local, practicing attorneys to prepare participants to be knowledgeable, ethical, and effective while emphasizing legal areas where ...

In today's economy, law practices have to find creative ways to improve their “bottom line.” One of the biggest ways to reduce costs and increase productivity is to outsource legal administrative ...

Paralegals provide valuable skills and labor in the legal profession. Law firms hire paralegals to handle administrative tasks, such as answering phones and maintaining the attorney's schedule, as ...

In 1985, the Department of Labor announced that paralegals were the nation’s fastest growing profession. By 1990, there were 90,000 legal assistants nationwide, and the government estimated there ...