Paralegal Career For Dummies
Paralegal Career For Dummies

Author: Scott A. Hatch

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-03

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1118052978

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Apply important legal concepts and skills you need to succeed Get educated, land a job, and start making money now! Want a new career as a paralegal but don't know where to start? Relax! Paralegal Career For Dummies is the practical, hands-on guide to all the basics -- from getting certified to landing a job and getting ahead. Inside, you'll find all the tools you need to succeed, including a CD packed with sample memos, forms, letters, and more! Discover how to * Secure your ideal paralegal position * Pick the right area of the law for you * Prepare documents for litigation * Conduct legal research * Manage a typical law office Sample resumes, letters, forms, legal documents, and links to online legal resources. Please see the CD-ROM appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Paralegal Career For Dummies
Paralegal Career For Dummies

Author: Scott A. Hatch

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 111956493X

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Your career as a top-notch paralegal starts here The demand for paralegal professionals is exploding, and Paralegal Career For Dummies, 2nd Edition explains the skills and requirements needed to pursue this rewarding career. Inside, you’ll discover the ins and outs of paralegal skills, from preparing documents and performing legal research to obtaining certification, job hunting, and understanding legal concepts. Use this hands-on guide to help in your career considerations, bolster your paralegal training, or as an everyday on-the-job reference. Paralegal Career For Dummies will be your trusty assistant through all phases of your life as a paralegal, taking you forward with tips on networking and joining professional organizations that will enhance your career. Discover the job skills required for success as a paralegal Learn important legal concepts you’ll need on the job Access forms, templates, and examples on the companion website Develop strategies to manage time and advance your career Complete with a companion website containing a wealth of valuable information, this book covers everything you need to become a top-notch paralegal.

The Everything Guide To Being A Paralegal
The Everything Guide To Being A Paralegal

Author: Steven Schneider

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-04-27

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1605503401

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The Everything Guide to Being a Paralegal is the ideal handbook for new paralegals, professionals looking to further or reevaluate their careers, or those considering the profession. Tackling the concerns of real law professionals, chapters include: Paralegal Career Options Paralegal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Pre-Trial Preparation Individual chapter attention to the top types of law practice More and more people are opting for a career as a paralegal-and this book is their pathway to success in this growing field!

The Professional Paralegal
The Professional Paralegal

Author: Charlsye Smith Diaz

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780135105788

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PROFESSIONAL PARALEGAL, THE: A GUIDE TO FINDING A JOB AND CAREER SUCCESS covers more than just how to land a job, it shows how to prepare for and build a paralegal career. Taking a practical approach, it explains the dynamics of working in the legal environment, identifies the purpose and payoff to continual professional development, and offers strategies for working collaboratively with attorneys and others drawn into a case. Each chapter integrates ethics tips, checklists for success and end-of-chapter questions. Covering a full range of career issues, it offers advice on how to land your first paralegal job, develop marketable workplace habits and establish yourself in the paralegal profession.

The Redbook
The Redbook

Author: Bryan A. Garner

Publisher: West Academic Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780314168917

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This book provides a comprehensive guide to the essential rules of legal writing. Unlike most style or grammar guides, it focuses on the special needs of legal writers, answering a wide spectrum of questions about grammar and style -- both rules and exceptions. It also gives detailed, authoritative advice on punctuation, capitalization, spelling, footnotes, and citations, with illustrations in legal context. Designed for law students, law professors, practicing lawyers, and judges, the work emphasizes the ways in which legal writing differs from other styles of technical writing. Its how-to sections deal with editing and proofreading, numbers and symbols, and overall document design. Features: * Cautions on use of 500 stuffy phrases and needless legalisms, along with their everyday English translations * Details rules for 800 words with required prepositions in certain contexts * Explains the correct usage of more than 1,000 words that are often troublesome to legal writers * Gives tips on preparing briefs and other court documents, opinion letters and demand letters, research memos, and contracts * Provides model documents of all types of legal documents and pleadings Reviews 200 terms of art that take on new meanings in legal contexts

Behind the Bar
Behind the Bar

Author: Catherine Astl

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2003-11

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 0595301002

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Observation, reflection, procedure, and how-to from a veteran legal assistant.

Introduction to Paralegalism: Perspectives, Problems and Skills
Introduction to Paralegalism: Perspectives, Problems and Skills

Author: William Statsky

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2015-02-02

Total Pages: 928

ISBN-13: 9781285449050

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Master the hands-on skills you’ll need to succeed in a modern law office with INTRODUCTION TO PARALEGALISM, 8e. Ten critical skills are covered in the book: identifying legal issues, breaking rules into elements,applying rules to facts interviewing clients, investigating facts, digesting discovery documents, providing litigation assistance, researching the law, drafting documents, and representing clients at administrative agencies where authorized by law.Packed with real-life insights and real-world examples,the text helps you understand the ethical guidelines that lawyers and paralegals must follow and covers the efforts underway to regulate the profession in legislatures, courts, bar associations, and paralegal associations. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Real-Resumes for Legal and Paralegal Jobs
Real-Resumes for Legal and Paralegal Jobs

Author: Anne McKinney

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2012-04-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781475093643

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This volume provides legal industry-specific samples of resumes and cover letters used by real people to successfully obtain legal and paralegal jobs. The author also presents samples of the KSAs as well as the "resumix" often required to apply for federal job positions. Newcomers to the field will learn how to show off their potential and skills to best advantage, and experienced professionals will find help in advancing in the industry. Attorneys, paralegals, and other industry professionals often change fields, too, and the book includes resumes of individuals who have successfully transitioned into other areas.