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| CELIA C. ELWELL, RP, is a paralegal with the Oklahoma City law firm of Mullins,
Hirsch & Jones, PC, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where she specializes in
civil litigation. |
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| Elwell began working as a paralegal in 1984. She graduated from the University
of Oklahoma, Department of Legal Assistant Education, in 1986. Elwell taught
various paralegal courses at the University of Oklahoma’s ABA-approved
paralegal program for fifteen years. |
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| Celia Elwell is a co-author of Practical Legal Writing for Legal Assistants
MN: West Publishing Co., 1996), and one of the co-authors of the PACE Study
Manual (contributing author/legal writing chapter), published by the National
Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA). From 2002 through January 2005,
Elwell was the legal research and writing columnist for Legal Assistant Today
magazine. |
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Elwell has lectured at many paralegal seminars and workshops on
civil litigation, legal research, analysis, writing, interviewing techniques
and investigation, discovery, trial preparation, legal technology, and legal
ethics. |
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Elwell was the first legal assistant to work for the Oklahoma
Supreme Court. She assisted in drafting the minimum standards for education and
experience for Oklahoma paralegals and legal assistants. The Oklahoma Bar
Association adopted these standards in 2000. |
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In addition to serving as the NFPA’s PACE Coordinator, Assistant
PACE Coordinator for Education, and Internet Communications Coordinator, Elwell
has also served as Kansas Paralegal Association’s primary and secondary
delegate and PACE Ambassador. She is a member of the Kansas Paralegal
Association, the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, and a former
member of the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfFPE). |
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