343 ABA Journal Paralegals articles.
A paralegal in the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey has been indicted for allegedly using government information to identify informants and help her gang member son.
Tawanna Hilliard of…
Aug 16, 2019 2:29 PM CDT
The Tennessee Supreme Court has disbarred a Knoxville lawyer for alleged false and exaggerated time entries when he submitted a request for more than $103,000 in legal fees for the…
Jul 8, 2019 3:52 PM CDT
The New Mexico Supreme Court has appointed a work group to consider whether the state should allow licensed legal technicians to provide civil legal services.
The court has asked the…
May 28, 2019 7:00 AM CDT
One in three female lawyers have been sexually harassed in a work context, while one in two women have experienced bullying in the workplace, according to a recently released global…
May 16, 2019 7:00 AM CDT
On Friday, a federal appeals court upheld a sanction requiring a paralegal who filed a $200 million bias suit against Baker McKenzie to pay the law firm’s attorney fees.
The…
Apr 29, 2019 9:16 AM CDT
The legal services sector lost 2,400 jobs in November, eliminating job gains for the year.
The legal services sector had 1,135,700 jobs in November, down from 1,138,100 jobs in…
Dec 10, 2018 9:10 AM CST Sep 6, 2018 6:05 AM CDT The first paralegal practitioners in Utah are expected to be licensed in 2019, making the state the second to license nonlawyers to practice law. New rules regulating paralegal practitioners…
Aug 7, 2018 9:04 AM CDT Dechert has added the remainder of the products liability group from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan after acquiring its two co-chairs and another partner in May. The entire group consists…
Jul 20, 2018 10:29 AM CDT At Cravath, Swaine & Moore, partners earn a hefty $4 million a year, on average. But that pales in comparison to reported compensation for some former Cravath partners hired away…
Apr 30, 2018 10:21 AM CDT Apr 5, 2018 7:00 AM CDT A project developed with the ABA empowers sex trafficking survivors in Nepal with legal and job training from paralegals. Mar 1, 2018 2:45 AM CST Although more lawyers are performing the work of paralegals, job prospects for trained assistants seem good. Feb 1, 2018 1:15 AM CST Ethical issues can arise from using paralegals and legal assistants. Under the ABA Model Rules, lawyers must make reasonable efforts to ensure those working under them comply with “professional obligations.” Jan 1, 2018 3:05 AM CST Last Friday was “Love Your Lawyer Day,” an annual day of appreciation promoted the by American Lawyers Public Image Association to honor those in the industry. The campaign outlined different…
Nov 8, 2017 10:51 AM CSTCan licensed legal paraprofessionals narrow the access-to-justice gap?
Proposals for addressing the commonplace civil legal needs of low- and moderate-income persons by authorizing limited practice by licensed nonlawyer paraprofessionals have been gaining acceptance. Unlike paralegals, such paraprofessionals provide services without supervision by an attorney. Two state supreme courts have embraced the licensed legal technician concept, and other jurisdictions are closely studying it.
First paralegal practitioners in Utah are expected to be licensed in 2019
Remainder of product liability group from Quinn Emanuel follows Sheila Birnbaum to Dechert
$11M a year for a lateral hire? Star partners are valued ‘like Hollywood celebrities’
Paralegal injured playing softball for law firm team isn’t entitled to workers’ comp, court rules
The executive director of the Delaware law firm Morris James thought softball was so important to team building that she asked job candidates whether they played. She was the softball coach, after all.
Sex trafficking survivors in Nepal receive legal training
Technology has not replaced need for paralegals
Supervision is key to effective employment of paralegals
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