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 ...

Coming from a home with your typical overbearing Korean parents, I was given several limited career options when I was heading into high school. “Hae Eun, you can either be a lawyer, doctor, dentist, ...

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 ...

Most American law firms employ paralegals to serve in support roles for staff attorneys. By delegating less specialized tasks to paralegals, staff attorneys can focus their more highly compensated ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jessica Sparacino was a student at Touro Law School when she got a job as a paralegal for Jackson Lewis in Melville, a position she held a year after graduation before landing a job as a lawyer. With ...

Across every sector and industry, the use of outsourcing as a cost controlling measure is growing rapidly. Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is no exception to the trend. This guide, provided by ...

Dozens of federal employees at an obscure agency that handles appeals of patent applications went years with so little work to do that they collected salaries — and even bonuses — while they surfed ...