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Top 25 Paralegal Blogs and Websites To Follow for 2022

Top 25 Paralegal Blogs and Websites To Follow for 2022

Feedspot, March 24, 20202 https://blog.feedspot.com/paralegal_blogs/ Wow! What an honor to be listed with the same bloggers I admire and have influenced me for so many years! There are, of course, many other paralegal blogs and resources out there. You can also find great information at your local or state paralegal organization and its newsletter. Do not forget your state or national bar…

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How Using Latest Technology Can Lower Stress During Your Child Custody Lawsuit, by J. Benjamin Stevens, South Carolina Family Law Blog (with hat tip to Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips)

How Using Latest Technology Can Lower Stress During Your Child Custody Lawsuit, by J. Benjamin Stevens, South Carolina Family Law Blog (with hat tip to Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips)

https://www.offitkurman.com/blog/2022/03/10/how-using-latest-technology-can-lower-stress-during-your-child-custody-lawsuit/ Family law takes a special breed. How often have you received a call from your client complaining that the soon-to-be-ex-spouse forgot the child’s teacher/parent conference, was late to pick up the child for a doctor appointment, or disagrees how to parent in a given…

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Oklahoma Didn't Know It Was Lost!

Oklahoma Didn’t Know It Was Lost!

The New York Times Has Discovered Oklahoma! by Jeremy Telman, ContractsProf Blog https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2021/12/the-new-york-times-has-discovered-oklahoma.html Associate Law Professor Jeremy Telman, Oklahoma City University Law School, provided the shocking news.  Oklahomans are growing, selling, and consuming marijuana. Oh my goodness sakes alive! Medical…

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Power Online Legal Research Tools

Power Online Legal Research Tools

Basic Legal Research – Terms and Connectors Searching, by Northern Illinois University College of Law, David C. Shapiro Memorial Law Library https://libguides.niu.edu/basic-legal-research When you do online legal research, do you have the luxury of time to poke around or do you have to get in, find what you need, and get out as fast as you can? I often feel as if I have limited time to dig as…

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Testimony Mode: Note the Tradeoff Between Information Density and Juror Sensitivity, by Dr.  Ken Broda-Bahm, Persuasive Litigator™

Testimony Mode: Note the Tradeoff Between Information Density and Juror Sensitivity, by Dr.  Ken Broda-Bahm, Persuasive Litigator™

No one must tell us that Covid has changed our society in multiple ways that continue to evolve.  Attitudes and attention spans are not the same. Given these changes, how does a trial lawyer decide what information must be impressed upon a jury and what is the best way to do it? How do you avoid juror boredom? I have seen jurors fall asleep while an attorney questioned a witness using extensive…

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Top 20 Paralegal Blogs, Websites, and Influences of 2021

Top 20 Paralegal Blogs, Websites, and Influences of 2021

(Last Updated Jan 13, 2021), by Feedspot Blogger, https://blog.feedspot.com/paralegal_blogs/ A compilation of twenty paralegal blogs, each with a different focus and content. An excellent resource for beginning or experienced paralegals. I am honored to be listed among them. Each author of these blogs has at least one thing in common – a desire to share their knowledge with others in the…

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In Custodia Legis Free Webinar Honeypot

In Custodia Legis Free Webinar Honeypot

December 2020 US Law Webinars: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things, by Margaret Wood, In Custodia Legis, Law Librarians of Congress

https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/11/december-2020-us-law-webinars-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things/?loclr=eaiclb

A CLE honeypot for those who need CLE credits to maintain bar requirements or professional paralegal designations or who simply want to improve…

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A Fairy Tale Brief Teaches Clarity and Form, by Stephanie R. Williams, Appellate Advocacy Blog

A Fairy Tale Brief Teaches Clarity and Form, by Stephanie R. Williams, Appellate Advocacy Blog

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/appellate_advocacy/2020/09/a-fairy-tale-brief-teaches-clarity-and-form.html

While clear legal writing is important regardless of the document, it is essential in state and federal appellate cases. Rarely do the parties argue the case before the court. They must rely on their briefs and the record to win.

This humorous example from the Appellate Advocacy…

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CLIENT GRIEVANCES – HOW TO AVOID THEM AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE ONE

CLIENT GRIEVANCES – HOW TO AVOID THEM AND WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE ONE

Avoiding Grievances: 25 Things You Can Do, David Bright, St. Mary’s Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics, 270 (2016) (with hat tip to William P. Statsky)

https://commons.stmarytx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1063&context=lmej

I was taught that the biggest client complaint to bar associations was lack of communication. Failing to return calls, respond to emails or correspondence, and…

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Head's up! Minnesota Court Rules Updated.

Head’s up! Minnesota Court Rules Updated.

http://www.mncourts.gov/SupremeCourt/Court-Rules.aspx

Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Family Court Procedure, and Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure were updated effective September 1, 2020. -CCE

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TIPS.NET

Tips.net

https://www.tips.net/index.html

I stumbled across this some time ago. Your first reaction is going to be housekeeping tips? Are you kidding? Take a closer look. The tips on Word and Excel have been invaluable tools to help me do my job. I did not grow up using Word and Excel. I started with a typewriter and have been learning new technology ever since. I love technology, and I think it…

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Research Guides in Focus – Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide, by Anna Price

Research Guides in Focus – Municipal Codes: A Beginner’s Guide, by Anna Price

https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2020/08/research-guides-in-focus-municipal-codes-a-beginners-guide/?loclr=eaiclb

I know what you’re thinking. Municipal codes? This has nothing to do with my job or the research I regularly need. Good point.  What if your house catches on fire and the fire hydrant across the street does not work? A fire truck loses one of its hoses on the main highway in town and…

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Westlaw's New Search Tool - The Carat ^

Westlaw’s New Search Tool – The Carat ^

Add Term Emphasis to Your Westlaw Search with The Carat Symbol, Cleveland Marshall College of Law Library Blog

https://cmlawlibraryblog.classcaster.net/2020/06/18/add-term-emphasis-to-your-westlaw-search-with-the-caret-symbol/

Westlaw has added an important search term, the carat (^) (shift 6 on your keyboard).  This allows you to put more emphasis on a search term. To use it, place the carat…

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Texas Online Court System Attacked By Ransomware.

Texas Online Court System Attacked By Ransomware.

Coronavirus isn’t the Only Infection to Worry About Right Now, by Lance Caughfield, Appellate Advocacy Blog

https://bit.ly/3cbbrxV

Mr. Caughfield reports that the Texas Office of Court Administration was attacked by ransomware in May. According to Mr. Caughfield, Texas refused to pay the ransom and shut down their systems.  They are doing their best to work around the problem.

In my state, we…

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16 PARALEGAL BLOGS FOR 2020

16 PARALEGAL BLOGS FOR 2020

16 PARALEGAL BLOGS FOR 2020, BY Online Master Paralegal Blogs for 2020

https://onlinemasteroflegalstudies.com/resources/paralegal-blogs/

A list of valuable and helpful blogs for paralegal professionals and paralegal students. -CCE

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Legal Research Finally Demystified.

Legal Research Finally Demystified.

Legal Research Demystified, by Eric Voight, Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Faulkner University

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3354594 (table of contents and a sample chapter)

I have a new favorite legal research textbook and reference guide for law and paralegal students — Legal Research Demystified.  In my opinion, it offers a fresh approach to finding and…

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Sharpen Your Oral Presentation Skills.

Sharpen Your Oral Presentation Skills.

On Your Feet: Some Simple Steps to Presenting in Person, by Joseph Regalia, Appellate Advocacy Blog

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/appellate_advocacy/2020/01/on-your-feet-some-simple-steps-to-presenting-in-person.html

Even though this post is written for attorneys who want to hone their oral argument skills, I think it also works for those who speak or teach, regardless of your audience.  -CCE

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