Cassandra Oliver is a senior paralegal for Williams Cos. Inc. An Advanced Certified Paralegal, she is the secretary of the National Association of Legal Assistants/Paralegals. Oliver has a bachelor's ...

Paralegals provide valuable skills and labor in the legal profession. Law firms hire paralegals to handle administrative tasks, such as answering phones and maintaining the attorney's schedule, as ...

As AI becomes a bigger part of the legal world, it’s important for attorneys to find the right balance between using this new technology and relying on the skills of their paralegal team. With the ...

Nancy Harbour, J.D., was a trial attorney for 28 years. “A main reason for my success as a trial attorney was the work of my paralegals,” says Harbour, who now is assistant professor and program ...

In 1985, the Department of Labor announced that paralegals were the nation’s fastest growing profession. By 1990, there were 90,000 legal assistants nationwide, and the government estimated there ...