Paralegal Associates

The closing keynote address was given by Lisa Marie Platske of Upside Thinking, Inc. She gave a presentation entittled: The Power of Motivation: Increasing Your Sphere of Influence Motivation: increasing one’s desire to work to the best of one’s ability Motivation is internal…we choose where we are going. schedule time to get to know yourself Don’t treat [...]

Why, oh why are two sessions that I want to attend scheduled for the same day and time?! There was Do The Right Thing, which had to do with ethics, and Industry Trends — 9 to 5. Since I can’t be in two places at once, I had to chose. Session One: Industry Trends — [...]

This time next week I will be in Irvine, CA gearing up to attend NALS Annual Education & National Forum October 8 — 11th.  I am really excited to attend as this will be my first time attending a legal conference. In addition, I have been asked to be the guest tweeter and blogger for [...]

I’m hearing rumors that law firms may be getting the message about the profit potential of competent paralegals.  Specifically, Jeannie S. Johnston, paralegal expert and CEO of ParalegalGateway.com, has discussed the possible trend toward deferring  junior associate hiring, and instead taking advantage of the productivity potential of paralegals. Since first-year associates are unprofitable, so the [...]