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Dana Welcker, ACP, is NALA’s Area 1 Director. She has previously served on NALA’s Professional Development Committee and Continuing Education Council. She has also been President of the NALA Affiliated Association, Northeast Florida Paralegal Association. Dana started out as a paralegal in Charleston, South Carolina, before moving to Jacksonville, Florida. She has three NALA Advanced […]
Discrepancies Between Legal and Lived Equality: Representing Your LGBTQ+ Clients with Cultural Humility
By Equality Ohio’s Legal Clinic and CHROMA Consulting, with edits by Cleveland Staff Attorney, Kate Mozynski June 2023 As we move through June, a month marked by Pride events celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, it is essential to recognize the significance of this occasion beyond its rainbow-filled festivities. For legal professionals, Pride serves as a moment […]
The privilege applied to communications between an attorney and a client is one of the most sacrosanct doctrines in American law. On its face, defining this privilege seems very simple – communications between an attorney and client are private and protected from disclosure. The attorney-client privilege principle for in-house counsel can be complicated, as the […]
Lucinda Calhoun works as the Lead Paralegal for the Shelby County Government in Tennessee. In 2020, the Memphis Business Journal named her a Best of the Bar finalist as one of the top paralegals in Memphis. Lucinda has been a paralegal for over 20 years. She began her service with NALA on the Ethics Committee […]
By Kelli Radnothy May 2023 Establishing and maintaining a well-being practice is a heavy task for most professionals, but the legal industry presents some unique challenges. With the general high-stress nature of the job, the long hours, high stakes, impossible deadlines, emotional clients, and never-ending to-do lists, things become overwhelming quickly. Factoring in time for […]
The Power of Thinking Differently: Neurodiversity and Problem Solving
By Sarah Duggan, CP April 2023 April 2, 2023, marks the 16th annual observance of World Autism Awareness Day. This year, the observance is organized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications and Department of Economic and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Institute of Neurodiversity (ION), a global community committed to “creat[ing] a […]
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