Essentials of Paralegalism

Features:

• Material on employment, salaries, roles, ethics, and regulations has been updated.
• The "Helpful Websites" feature at the end of the chapters consists of special Google searches that broaden the scope of additional material that is available online.
• A chart has been added to Chapter 2 that lists the major employment settings (e.g., private law firm, corporate law department, government office) and states the likelihood that a paralegal will encounter specified working conditions in each setting.
• Chapter 5 provides further clarification of the relationship between confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege.
• A discussion of new ethical problems peculiar to the digital age has been added to Chapter 5.
• Chapter outlines allow students to anticipate what will be covered in each chapter.
• Chapter summaries and review questions help students capture the essential points of each chapter.
• The More-On-the-Net feature provides Web sites for additional information related to the main theme of each chapter.
• Margin definitions define key terms bolded in the text, helping students understand them in context.
• Analysis problems throughout the chapters promote analytical thinking in applying some of the main principals presented.

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