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14 Sep 2022
This Land is Your Land? Q3 2022 Facts & Findings
Category: Facts & Findings

The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never fought against the United States government could claim 160 […]

09 Sep 2022
The Connection Between Mental Health & DEI
Category: NALA News

The Connection Between Mental Health & DEI by Kristine Custodio Suero, ACP September 2022 Discussions revolving around mental health during these challenging times are frequent. The impacts can be far […]

Sonya Graves, ACP, has been active in her local paralegal association, The Alabama Association of Paralegals, Inc. (AAPi), for more than 20 years. “I love the Paralegal Profession and want […]

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If you are reading this article, you are probably an occasional practitioner in federal appeals or the paralegal for an occasional practitioner in federal appeals. You probably have worked on […]

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Despite the expertise and effort of skilled support staff, investigators, and trial teams, courts scrutinize cases on appeal. In the face of increasingly tough legal review, effective trial teams should […]

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Law firms bill clients by the hour, usually in six-minute increments (because those six minutes equal one-tenth of an hour: 0.1). Those hours are multiplied by the hourly rate of […]