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Lessons From The Top
Paralegal Experts, The 15 Most Successful Paralegals and What You Can Learn
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(Publication Date: November 2, 2007) |
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WHAT IS LESSONS ABOUT?
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LESSONS from the Top Paralegal Experts: The 15 Most Successful Paralegals and
What You Can Learn From Them is a unique and much needed reference as there is
nothing else like it for paralegal students and professionals on the market. It
not only covers success stories about paralegal professionals but also shares
their insights on how they do their work. The primary goal of the book is to
help students learn hands-on techniques directly from paralegal leaders in the
field. These top paralegal experts share the secrets that have helped them
become the best of the best in their profession. The top fifteen paralegal
experts helped to expand the paralegal profession and improve the efficiency of
performing paralegal duties including creativity, leadership and expertise in
their specialty; technical skills, knowledge, mentoring, and organization. The
paralegal experts practice in various specialties and the premise of this book
is that students and professionals can learn most effectively from the
experiences of others. There is a definite need to provide paralegal students
with further instructions to help them become more productive and efficient. |
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Premise |
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The premise of LESSONS is that we learn from others’ experience. Often in the
busy legal world, it is hard to do this. Paralegals do not like to bother their
attorneys and coworkers with questions, because are extremely busy. Paralegals
work hard and carry heavy workloads, often working much more than 40 hours a
week. There is a definite need to provide mentoring for paralegals to help them
learn to work more efficiently and with less effort and stress. This is one of
the many goals of LESSONS. |
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Concept |
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Through this quasi-mentoring process, paralegals could learn the secret
techniques, methods, and tips that these brilliant leaders discovered. This
innovative mentoring process helps growing paralegals avoid the struggles that
these paralegal experts had to suffer. These outstanding paralegals share their
specialized knowledge; and one can access it quickly in LESSONS. |
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alegals use textbooks, books and seminars to learn in an educational forum, but
rarely do you find a book that is a compendium of many other colleagues’
hands-on experience. Often, we obtain this exposure from a workshop or a
seminar, where there are several speakers or contributors. Still, we only
receive the knowledge of a few in such a setting. |
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What’s more, LESSONS is a time-saver for newbie paralegals, paralegal students
and law students. Paralegal educators could adopt LESSONS as a supplement for
their teachings with actual working examples that experienced paralegals use
and give assignments based on these experts’ experiences, actual real work
examples and sample cases. |
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By reading and utilizing LESSONS, paralegal supervisors and managers could
better guide their paralegals with new ideas. Likewise, lawyers could expand
their perception of what work they could delegate to paralegals to better
utilize them. Associates would find LESSONS a boon to that first precarious
year on the job, because they can know what to delegate to paralegals and
maximize their productivity. |
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Click on each link for the 15 Top Paralegal Experts' to view their profiles. |
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Professors and Instructors, who wish to reserve a copy, please contact Delmar
Learning's Customer Service Department at (800) 477-3692 for a desk or review
copy. Once the book is published, you will receive a gratis copy.
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Paralegals, paralegal and law students, legal staff, lawyers, law clerks, legal
secretaries, and others who want to be on the LESSONS notification list, please
sign up for our newsletter. |
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JENNIFER ARNOLD,
CLA |
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(FAMILY LAW) |
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| MICHELE M. BOERDER,
CP |
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LITIGATION |
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| D. GRACE CARTER, NCCP,
CP |
| LITIGATION |
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| SUSAN M. CUSTER |
| REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT |
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| CELIA C. ELWELL,
RP |
| LEGAL RESEARCH & WRITING |
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| PATRICIA J. GUSTIN,
CLA, CFEI |
| FIRE INVESTIGATION & PRODUCT LIABILITY |
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| JILL J. HALE, PP,
PLS, CLA |
| RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE |
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| DEBORAH A. HAMPTON |
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
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| NANCY B. HELLER |
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LITIGATION |
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| SUSAN IPPOLITI |
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LITIGATION |
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| DWAYNE E. KRAGER |
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LITIGATION |
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| MATHEW D. LASKOWSKI |
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BANKRUPTCY |
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| VICTORIALEI "NOHEA" NAKA'AHIKI,
RP |
| INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION |
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| MARY E. "BECKY" ROLLAND |
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BANKRUPTCY |
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| SIOBHAN S. SMITH |
| CORPORATE AND BUSINESS |
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