The Institute for Paralegal Studies is offering a FREE CM/ECF (Case Management / Electronic Case Files) workshop on Wednesday, May 23. CM/ECF is the web-based software used for filing litigation documents in the Northern District of Illinois federal court system. This course will show you the best practices for managing your firm’s CM/ECF account and […]
Come join us on May 8 at 6pm for the Paralegal Alumni Network‘s next Hornbook Club meeting at the Brehon Pub (Superior & Wells). This month’s book is The 19th Wife written by David Ebershoff and chosen as this month’s selection by ’05 LUC paralegal grad Nick Kaspar. Ebershoff weaves two stories together… One a […]
On Saturday, April 14 a group of Loyola Chicago Paralegal Alumni, current paralegal students and their friends and family helped out on the Jesuit Alumni National Day of Service. The paralegal group was assigned to work at St. Leonard’s Ministries located in Chicago on the west side near the United Center. St. Leonard’s Ministries provides […]
On Saturday, March 31st the Institute for Paralegal Studies is offering a Concordance software workshop that will cover the application fundamentals for a meagher $60. Did you know that computer software and database management skills are essential for every litigation paralegal? And it does not hurt for corporate and real estate paralegals to have these […]
PAN Reception at the Power Rogers & Smith Ceremonial Courtroom
Loyola’s Paralegal Alumni Network (PAN) hosted their annual educational event on Friday, March 2, 2012. Over seventy paralegal graduates and their guests registered for the event which featured a presentation by Matthew Bird, the Senior Research Librarian at the law firm of Drinker Biddle […]
Article by Jennifer Gettings Photographs by Mark Beane
On February 9th the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) was honored to host a delegation of women from Pakistan visiting the United States as a part of the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The five women, political and social leaders in their country, […]
Are you interested in taking your paralegal education out into the world and applying course concepts to real world problems? I have a rare opportunity available for paralegal students interested in volunteering their time to the community, learning more about the legal process, and making important connections in the process. Through this opportunity you will assist private attorneys in criminal […]
Each Spring Loyola’s Child Law Center offers to JD students an intensive one week Trial Practice Course during winter break. For the 2012 mock trial, the Law Center is in need of volunteers who can play the role of the police officers.
The mock trial will take place in the morning from 8:00am-12:30pm on Tuesday, January […]
On Thursday, December 8th starting at 9am students from Loyola’s Institute for Paralegal Studies will tour the Richard J. Daley Center Courthouse. The four hour tour is organized and conducted by members of Cook County Clerk Dorothy Brown’s staff and takes participants through all facets of courthouse operations. From the Domestic Relations Division to the Criminal Division, over […]
A recent issue of Paralegal Today has a summary of the IPMA salary survey and in their summary Paralegal Today reports that “Litigation Support and technology management continue to be the highest paid specialties, averaging a median annual base compensation of $121,012 nationally.”
They add “…Paralegals with technology know-how continue to be highly paid and sought after […]
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