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Sharon Bey-Christopher, a Raleigh attorney at Legal Aid of North Carolina, has enjoyed a successful career as a paralegal and a lawyer, but she understands quite well just what it takes to navigate the gender and racial barriers that often ...

Over the past decade, paralegals have been skewing older and more educated, according to the 2020 Paralegal Survey, released last August by the North Carolina Bar Association’s Paralegal Division. The survey, which is outlined in the Division’s bylaws, is designed ...

If Morgan Ryerson were giving herself advice on how to be successful in work and life, she would say “have self-confidence and a spirit to embrace challenges.” But when Ryerson, a former paralegal, started her own solo law practice on ...

When Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman enrolled in the Central Piedmont Community College paralegal program in May 2019, her goal was to get in, get out, and walk right into a great job. After all, the market seemed so robust. “Reality has been ...

Whether they are serving in elective office, running campaigns, dealing with disappointed high school graduates, or filling their weekends volunteering to help others, paralegals are making the most of social distancing and finding ways to stay connected to their clients ...

Across North Carolina, victims’ assistance teams in district attorneys’ offices are busier than they ever have been, thanks to an expanded Crime Victims’ Rights Act that went into effect last August. This act was one of four constitutional amendments voters ...

Legal professionals across North Carolina are receiving as much as they are giving through the North Carolina Bar Foundation’s Lawyers for Literacy pro bono program. Over a four-week period in the spring and fall, teams of lawyers, paralegals, and others ...

Software that streamlines resolution of traffic violations has revolutionized the way a Chapel Hill law firm serves its clientele. The Law Office of Daniel A. Hatley uses its iTicket.law technology to deliver speedy results while keeping clients informed every step ...

A year after Hurricane Florence caused devastating flooding along the coasts of North and South Carolina, residents are still trying to recover. But volunteer efforts by legal professionals are making the pathways a little smoother. On Aug. 6, the North ...

BY TERI SAYLOR    As a student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte paralegal certificate program, Nathaniel Drum honed his love for the law volunteering with Legal Aid of North Carolina. He worked as a paralegal, helping low-income ...

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s proclamation naming March 22, 2019 as Paralegal Day in North Carolina put an exclamation point on the end of a mighty effort by paralegal technology students at Guildford Technical Community College. The proclamation also lit ...

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  From her hometown of Charleston, West Virginia, to worldwide travels during her career, Anne Goldman, CCIM, lives and works by a guiding principle to never forget her roots. These roots have been planted deeply into law and corporate real ...

  As a paralegal at the Hatch Rockers Immigration law firm in Raleigh, North Carolina, Michelle Valladarez is the first point of contact for clients who need legal help concerning their status as undocumented immigrants in the United States. While ...

  Until last spring, Suzanne Lever, an attorney in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Jeff Rexford, a medical supplies sales executive in Dallas, Texas, were complete strangers. On March 20, they bonded for life when Lever donated one of her kidneys ...

  Almost as far back as Ellen Gregg can remember, the law firm where she has worked for 30 years has borne a slogan that reads “Innovators at Law,” which carries more meaning today than ever before. Womble Bond Dickinson ...