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I was one of the younger kids in my class, and graduated with 17th After graduation, I was immediately hired by a city attorney. First full-time job - it was definitely my baptism of fire. I really enjoyed it ... well, except for those with that older woman in the hall. She was the real estate paralegal and worked directly for my boss. best description I can share is that it was a very beautiful woman. Find out more about the nature? Not pretty, but very attractive. Your style shelves literally commanded respect.
My personality is outgoing and I am not afraid of many things in life, but this woman intimidated me. Apparently the intimidation I felt fed my desire, and please impress. I was rarely successful. Wow, tough nut to crack.
One day I was entering a last will and testament for a customer to wait. Since the paralegal walked by me with correcting tape. "" Is that a will? "" Yes. "" Do I see what I think I see that you are using tape to fix it? "" ""... Yes? Almost done ..."" "" Take it out and start all again, you must never make a mistake on one, even if corrected. ""
Now, it was a few years ago. It was in the days before word processing. All rights, it was a few years ago. If we are small strip of correction tape and held it until the line is exactly the thing to the wrong rehit stroke and hope that it is appropriate to the typos. Okay, it was a few years ago. Okay, many of them. Fine.
I was so confused, I wound up wasting several sheets of heavy paper will be especially strong before I finished a perfect document. Of course, the event impressed me even more good to recall them today. But she was right. Overkill, maybe, but not all documents produced by law firms will be typo-free? Customers pay for the professional advice and the preparation of official documents. Should these documents not be perfect?
Excellent proofreading is a great ability for a paralegal to be developed. A paralegal to check again and their work product, and not just their own, but also the work of others around them. Corrective work done by your boss. Corrective work your secretary. Correction of work done by other paralegals in the hallway. Corrective advertising on buses. Read the bathroom walls in dance clubs, no doubt that some of the editing, it could! Overkill?
This particular story ends well. Over time, I felt less intimidated and ultimately won, that a woman respect. And friendship. I learned a valuable lesson - backspace and delete keys are very handy for Darn invisible corrections.
Laura McDonald is a paralegal. She has extensive experience in the areas of personal injury (accident related and medical liability law), Workers' Compensation, civil process, family, environmental and corporate law, estate planning and bankruptcy. It is headed by Michael L. Hawkins & Associates, PLLC in Frankfort, Kentucky. Their website is: http://www.paralegalsecretary.bravehost.com. Laura is available to anyone interested in the paralegal field or to enhance skills.
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