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Read More »January 2023
Overheard at the water cooler: Your 2023 plan for recruiting paralegals
We are in an extraordinary hiring time with the pandemic: · 3 million women left the workplace in 2020 leaving the U.S. with 10 million available jobs and 9 million available candidates · One in three labor force participants in ...
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Read More »November 2022
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Read More »September 2022
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Read More »Paralegal pro bono winner Katie Riddle enjoys giving back
Pro bono work is so important to paralegal Katie Riddle, she was inspired to go to law school for opportunities to do more of it. So far in her young career, she has volunteered for the North Carolina Pro Bono ...
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Read More »Meet the leadership team
Below is a list of officials with the North Carolina Bar Association’s Paralegal Division. Note: This an excerpt of a recent blog post from chairperson Yazmeen Gadalla. Lakisha Chichester, vice chair Lakisha Chichester is a corporate paralegal at Trupanion Inc. ...
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Read More »Paralegal News Briefs – September
New eCourts system in North Carolina As part of the North Carolina Judicial Branch’s transformative eCourts initiative to take the state court system from paper to digital, the Odyssey Integrated Case Management System (ICMS) is projected to launch on October ...
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Read More »May 2022
Empathy honed through life experiences enables Kimberly Zirkle to excel
By Teri Saylor Minority and underserved populations in Charlotte have a straighter path to justice and prosperity thanks to the efforts of Kimberly Zirkle, a member at Moore and VanAllen of Charlotte. Zirkle’s life experiences shaped her desire to help ...
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Read More »Laura Kutcher: Appreciates her role in a collaborative environment
Laura Kutcher grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and after graduating from high school, she moved to Charlotte where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice in 2010 and obtained her Certificate in Paralegal Studies from UNC-Charlotte ...
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Read More »Paralegal news briefs – Revised
NCBA Paralegal Division first in-person conference since 2019 held this month On May 6, the N.C. Bar Association Paralegal Division held its first in-person annual meeting since 2019 at the Holiday Inn, Wrightsville Beach. For those who were unable to ...
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Read More »Overheard at the Water Cooler
by Camille Stell Many businesses who were still working from home returned to the office in Spring 2022. Lawyers Mutual was one of those. After 24 months working from home, we returned to work from the office with a hybrid ...
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Read More »From vet clinic to law firm paralegal’s skills lead to a career she loves
Tina Barber launched her paralegal career after the local veterinarian she worked for in her small community sold his practice. “I was recruited by a lawyer who taught me to run an accounting program on an old Radio Shack computer ...
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Read More »January 2022
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Read More »New North Carolina NALS Chapter offers certifications for legal support professionals
By Teri Saylor With a new NALS Chapter in North Carolina, paralegals and other support staff at law firms now have another professional organization available for networking and earning continuing education credits. The North Carolina Chapter of the National Association ...
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