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• Extension Would Help 20,000 Statewide: ; Applicants Share Experiences That Led to Joblessness

Nearly 21,000 out-of-work West Virginians are expected to get a 20-week extension to their federal unemployment benefits, thanks to a filibuster-breaking vote cast by the states newest senator. The bill, which would extend benefits for many of the unemployed to Nov. 30, cleared a hurdle in the Senate Tuesday evening, with Sen. Carte Goodwin, D-W.Va., casting the 60th vote needed to end a Republican- led filibuster. Under Senate rules, Republicans were allowed up to 30 hours before a final vote was cast. They used much of that time to try to alter the bill, hoping to offset the $34 billion cost of the benefit extension. The final vote on the bill was taken just before 7 p.m. Wednesday. The House was expected to go along with Senate changes to the bill on Thursday and send it to the presi...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• July 22, 2010

• Trading the courtroom for the kitchen: Chef Lorena Garcia: Lorena Garcia had all the elements she needed to have a successful paralegal career--years of study, knowledge and training, and even a degree. Still, the delicious aroma of a cooking career stimulated Garcia's appetite for something else.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] So much so, that upon completing law studies, she enrolled in the renowned Johnson & Wales University Culinary Arts School. T...

• Latino Leaders
• Vol. 9 Nbr. 3, May 2008

• Medgar Evers College Hosts Open Houses January 20 and 21

We have great offerings in computer technology, business, education, and legal and criminal justice," said [Jonathan Bissell]. "These include CCNA-Cisco, Microsoft computer applications, web design and graphic design, construction management, nonprofit law, finding corporate sponsors for non-profit organizations, entrepreneurship, OSHA, online pubhshing, child development associate, culturally responsive teaching, security guard training, paralegal, and criminal justice. Real estate courses wall also be added later in the spring semester. The open houses will provide community residents with information about new career training certificate programs and an opportunity to win a free class.

• New York Amsterdam News
• January 30, 2010

• Commentary: Membership has Its Privileges

What is a paralegal? You're likely to receive different answers to that question depending on who you ask, but the Paralegal Association of Rochester defines a paralegal based on the National Federal of Paralegal Association's standards: "[A] person, qualified through education, training or work experience to perform substantive legal work that requires knowledge of legal concepts and is customarily, but not exclusively, performed by a lawyer.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• October 07, 2009

• 20 CFR 633.304 - Section 402 cost allocation.

...CHAPTER V: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. PART 633: MIG... other nutritional assistance, legal or paralegal assistance and emergency assistance. (d) Cost cate...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20: Employees' Benefits

• Perry Tech to Start Legal Assistant Training

In response to increasing demand for qualified legal assistants, Perry Technical Institute is adding a new, accredited training program. The 12-month Legal Assistant/Paralegal Program will prepare students for entry-level legal office jobs in law firms and government offices. It will include training in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Students will also learn about civil and criminal law, legal research and writing techniques.

• Yakima Herald-Republic
• January 26, 2010

• Jimmie E. Small, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elaine E. Chao, Secretary of the Department of Labor, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees., 398 F.3d 894 (7th Cir. 2005)

...'s case arises from his effort to obtain paralegal training at government expense. He sued federal, s...

• Federal Circuits

• Career schools.

...150, Rochester, NH 03867 Associated Training Services John Klasacska of NH 5 Industrial Dr, Bre..., NH 03220 Washington Online Learning Paralegal/Criminal Institute Justice/Med. Office 39 Central ...

• New Hampshire Business Review
• July 31, 2009

• Jennifer Camden Joins McLane Law Firm

... Camden has joined the firm as a Paralegal. Jennifer brings to the firm more than a decade o..., Jennifer worked as an e-discovery training consultant with Stratify, a subsidiary of document...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Paralegals in New York State Push for Voluntary Certification

While becoming a practicing attorney in New York involves years of law school culminating in an extensive comprehensive examination, there are no such requirements for the paralegals that assist them in many of their day-to-day tasks. At least not yet. Taking a cue from actions in other states, the Empire State Alliance of Paralegal Associations, made up of several paralegal associations from around New York, is looking to change that, introducing a proposal that would create a voluntary certification program for paralegals in an effort to prevent those with no legal training from representing themselves as paralegals.

• Long Island Business News
• April 15, 2011