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July National Association News

National Association of Legal Assistants Notes: NALA offers a variety of self-directed educational programs and webinars. Visit for information on topics and registration.   NALS- The Association for Legal Professionals Events: 6-8: NALS 65th Annual Educational Conference & National Forum ...

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July South Carolina Association News

Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina Events: 20: LSPSC’s Summer Membership Meeting will be held at Nelson Mullins in Columbia. Program sessions include a presentation on Surrogacy Law by Allison Bullard, an attorney with Harling & West and a discussion ...

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July North Carolina Association News

Alamance County Paralegal Association Events: The Alamance County Paralegal Association meets at 12:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at various restaurants near the county courthouse. https://sites.google.com/site/alamancectyparalegalassoc.   Asheville Area Paralegal Association Events: Monthly membership meetings, which often ...

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Utah courts approve new job designed to fill legal gap

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — People filing for divorce, settling debts or dealing with an eviction could soon have a new option to get help navigating Utah’s legal system. The Utah Supreme Court has approved the creation of a new ...

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January SC Association News

Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina Events Jan. New Balance 1400 męskie 30: Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina will hold its Winter Membership Meeting in Columbia at the Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough law firm. Registration starts at 9 ...

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Mary Siebigteroth converts newspaper career into paralegal practice

Harboring a love of reading since childhood, paralegal Mary Siebigteroth opened a library in the breezeway of her family’s home in Troy, Michigan, because there wasn’t a public library in town. She started writing when she was 12 and went ...

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Paralegals invited to help NC bar

Paralegals are invited to volunteer with the North Carolina Bar Association’s Elder Law Division and Health Care Law Division when they join the Hospice and Palliative Care Center for a series of advance care clinics across North Carolina in April. ...

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October South Carolina Association News

Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina Notes: Tara Brown is the 2016 recipient of the LSPNC Award of Excellence   Legal Staff Professionals of Greenville Events: October 28: LSPG is planning a half-day probate court seminar offering 4 hours of ...

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October North Carolina Association News

Alamance County Paralegal Association Events: The Alamance County Paralegal Association meets the third Tuesday of each month at 12:30 p.m. adidas neo 10k męskie at various restaurants near the county courthouse. . Asheville Area Paralegal Association Events: October 28: AAPA ...

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Career change leads to fulfillment

Born and raised in Alamance County, North Carolina, Belinda Thomas discovered the paralegal profession when she decided to make a career change after working for 10 years in the Alamance-Burlington School System. A local job-placement counselor steered her toward a ...

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Carberry elected president of SCALA

Judith Carberry, firm administrator for Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms of Charleston, S.C., has been elected president of the South Carolina Association of Legal Administrators, a chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators.

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Career change leads to job satisfaction

After 10 years of working in organizations she didn’t find fulfilling or career-enhancing, Lakisha Chichester, a Durham paralegal, decided life was too short to work in dead-end jobs. So she set out to make significant changes. Armed with a Bachelor ...

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January National Associations News

National Association of Legal Assistants Notes NALA’s Advanced Paralegal Certification Board has released the fourth in a series of on-line advanced courses for paralegals working in family law. The course focuses on adoption and assisted reproduction. Certified paralegals who complete ...

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November SC Association News

Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina Events Jan. 30, 2016: Legal Staff Professionals of South Carolina will hold its Winter Membership Meeting in Columbia at the Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough law firm. Visit www.lspsc.org for information and to register. ...

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