Remove Barrister Remove Law Remove Legal research
article thumbnail

Is the Goal of Becoming a Solicitor the Exclusive Focus for Paralegals?

Ward Blawg

By Amanda Hamilton, Patron of the National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP) Paralegals play a vital role in law firms, providing essential support to solicitors and barristers. Their responsibilities may include legal research, drafting documents, client communication, and assisting with case preparation.

Paralegal 130
article thumbnail

Is the Goal of Becoming a Solicitor the Exclusive Focus for Paralegals?

Ward Blawg

By Amanda Hamilton, Patron of the National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP) Paralegals play a vital role in law firms, providing essential support to solicitors and barristers. Their responsibilities may include legal research, drafting documents, client communication, and assisting with case preparation.

Paralegal 130
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Animal Testing Laws

The Barrister

The Animal Welfare Act (AWA), enacted in 1966, is the only Federal law that regulates the treatment of animals in research facilities. Even though the AWA sets out minimum standards, states such as Maine have afforded extra protections for animals used for testing in research facilities. 7 USCS § 2149. Carswell Sol Blatt, Jr.

Law 52
article thumbnail

The Law of Automobile Insurance in South Carolina: A Practitioner’s Guide

The Barrister

The ability to effectively navigate insurance law is essential. Whether one likes it or not, insurance law will be the job of many attorneys for decades to come. For those attorneys, The Law of Automobile Insurance in South Carolina is the one stop shop resource. This translates to one traffic collision every 4.3 A4 L39 2015.

article thumbnail

Book Review: AI for Lawyers

The Barrister

With so many open questions in the field, our law library book, AI For Lawyers is a great read to learn of AI’s use and impact in the legal field. This includes eDiscovery, legal research, contract analysis software expert systems, and litigation analytics. Dante Meade Sol Blatt, Jr.

Lawyer 52
article thumbnail

Jurassic Law: Taking a T-Rex-sized Bite Out of Crime

The Barrister

However, many people are unaware of the link between paleontology and the law. Certain laws combat the “dark side” of paleontology: fossil smugglers stealing paleontological finds from foreign countries, black markets for stolen fossils arising worldwide, and on-going conflict between commercial paleontologists and educational institutions.

Law 40
article thumbnail

Death in South Carolina

The Barrister

While the average person might immediately think of criminal issues such as murder when the topic of death and the law is mentioned, death and the law interact in a variety of ways. From the civil side such as probate matters dealing with a decedent’s estate to criminal issues such as homicide, the issue of death appears in the law.

Court 52