Paralegal Career Guide, Third Edition (Paralegal Career Series) - Softcover

Estrin, Chere B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471121622 ISBN 13: 9780471121626

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1995

Synopsis

For Introduction to Paralegal courses.

• In the paralegal field, we are just beginning to see how the apparent impersonal dot-com world cross-pollinates the field of law. Despite our culture's full entry into the electronic era, human beings, not Intel chips, continue to power the paralegal world. After all, the impact of one paralegal's job on a matter, case, or client is a highly personal experience. Word of mouth or the smile on an attorney's or client's face from a job well done by a paralegal beats out the Internet each and every time.
• This Third edition will guide reader's to transform their career. Readers will be rewarded with wonderful relationships with bosses, coworkers, and peers.

About this title

About the Author

A well-known legal staffing trailblazer, Chere Estrin demonstrates a solid range of expertise: from CEO of The Estrin Organization, a Los Angeles-based legal and financial staffing organization; to senior executive in a $4 billion staffing conglomerate; to president of a legal staffing division in one of the country's top three international litigation support companies; to successful entrepreneur building one of the largest paralegal temporary staffing organizations in the country. Her history as an administrator in two Top Ten law firms allowed her access into this niche field.

Ms. Estrin founded C.B. Estrin and Associates in 1986, which quickly rose as one of the largest multioffice paralegal staffing organizations. The company was acquired by Interim, where Ms. Estrin held a senior management position as head of a $40 million division. She then joined The Quorum/ Estrin Group as president of a division of an international litigation support company. She is now CEO of The Estrin Organization, a Los Angeles-based professional staffing organization. Ms. Estrin is a well-known national seminar leader and teaches at prestigious universities such as UCLA.

Recently featured in Newsweek, magazine and The Los Angeles Times Business Section as head of a fast-tracking staffing company, her achievements and awards include winner of the Century City (Los Angeles) Chamber of Commerce prestigious "Woman of the Year 2000 Achievement Award"; finalist for Inc. magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year Award"; and winner of California Lawyer Magazine's LAMMIE award. She was featured on the cover of Legal Assistant Today magazine as the legal field's "Career Guru." Ms. Estrin is the author of eight career books including 10 Unbeatable Steps to Phenomenal Career Success, The Successful Paralegal's Job Search Guide (West), and The Attorney Career Guide (West, 2002).

In addition to her column in Legal Assistant Today, Ms. Estrin has been featured in Newsweek magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Working Woman, CNBC.com, BusinessWeek Online, Entrepreneur magazine, Frontier, The Daily Journal, and Entrepreneurial Edge magazine.

Her experience as co-founding member of the Legal Assistant Management Association (LAMA); expertise; books; articles; quality reputation; and frequent guest speaking engagements has helped to firmly establish the Estrin name.

Synopsis

It's a field that's big--and getting bigger and bigger. Today, the opportunities for paralegals exist not only in the traditional law firm but in entirely new areas, such as corporations, government agencies, and independent legal services. This practical book covers all the bases, with realistic suggestions for moving ahead in any type of work environment. Updated throughout, this new edition offers many successful new career management strategies and outlines how to maximize income by accepting the many new challenges and responsibilities in the paralegal field. The new edition features: New information on finding jobs online New discussion of the impact of licensing legislation on paralegals New resumes for seeking employment outside traditional law firms Updated data on salary levels and "hot" areas of employment CHERE B. ESTRIN (Los Angeles, California) is a nationally recognized expert in the field of paralegal career counseling. Formerly president of America's largest paralegal placement agency, she is now a principal of Estrin Publishing Company.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471121622
• ISBN 13: 9780471121626
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 498