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"Teaching…Not For Ourselves Alone…but so we can Teach others." Susan B.
Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Teachblade.
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PARALEGAL BRAIN THE BLOG, with nearly 20,000 Readers
worldwide since Feb. 2012,is Blog-Author,Teachblade's [Signature Teaching] for 30
years ... merging Textbook Theory with Law Office Practice Pleadings while in tandem,
working as a Complex-Litigation Paralegal 45
years. The merging of Theory and Practice occurs seamlessly after Students learn How
To Think, with the LAD Methodology of Linear Reasoning (analysis of timelines, Analogical Reasoning (analysis of cases) and Deductive Reasoning (analysis of elements of rules of law and statutes). The
Paralegal Bubble is about to implode? Good! Best thing for a failed system for
30 yrs. It should implode on itself and disappear. THE BEST will survive.
Paralegals (Are Not) being replaced (because of) technology. If many had
learned in school (How to think), they'd be working [in spite of] technology. Technology replacing Paralegals are the new (buzz words) for "I failed
to competently teach, but can dodge the bullet again because technology
replacement can be my excuse." No it's not. Technology is replacing the (button-pushers)..(Not)...the Thinkers.THE PARALEGAL BUBBLE & REMEDY...My Amazon Author Website -- http://bit.ly/VFLnRj
Paralegal III, at
Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Medicaid Fraud, Criminal Justice Div.,
Hawaii State Attorney General's Office. Currently, Second Year Law Student,
University of Hawaii.
"Barb Reynolds
taught several classes I attended in 2004, at the West Los Angeles College,
Paralegal Certificate Degree Program. She is smart, knowledgeable, and
inspirational. She makes the complex understandable, and gets her students to
quote: "Know that they know what they know."
"Prof. Reynolds,
[Senior Law Instructor, West LA College, ABA Paralegal Studies Program], is a
great instructor who is in tune with what paralegals encounter in the real
world. She understands that there is no book that teaches you how to be a
paralegal - it's about being resourceful and solving issues as they arise.
Prof. Reynolds gave me the practical foundation required to be a
paralegal."
"Miss Barbara was
my very first Paralegal Instructor, [Senior Law Instructor & Corporate Job
Developer, InterCoast Colleges, Orange County] and I will never forget some of
the very important lessons I have learned from her. She is very passionate
about her profession, and is a very powerful and motivational speaker. I'm very
grateful to have met her, and am fortuntate to say that Miss Barbara was also a
Mentor as well as a friend to me. There was a time when my career was on hold,
and I began to look to other options...Miss Barbara, in no uncertain terms let
me know that I was basically too talented to not pusue my legal career. Miss
Barbara speaks her mind, while inspiring and uplifting others, encouraging them
to be the best they can. I am proud to know her, and to have been a student of
her instruction. I have no doubt that whatever she sets out to do, will not
only get done, but it will get done in a big way. When I interviewed at
the school, her classroom was next to the interview room. I heard Miss
Barbara lecturing and asked the Interviewer: "Who [Is] that?
Is [she] going to be my Teacher?" The rest [is history].
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Young, Educated Leaders in Action...Ryan Earl Reynolds, Social Worker (for At-Risk Youth), CA Licensed Insurance Agent and B.S. Graduate in Business Administration, June 2013, Tehachapi, CA.
"Teaching…Not For Ourselves Alone…but so we can Teach others." Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Teachblade.
is Blog Author, Teachblade's [Signature Teaching] for 30 years merging
Textbook Theory with Law Office Practice Pleadings
while in tandem, working as a Complex-Litigation Paralegal 45 years. The
merging of Theory and Practice occurs seamlessly when Students learn
... Not [What] to think ... but [Why and How To Think], with
the LAD Methodology of: Linear Reasoning [analysis of timelines] ... Analogical Reasoning [analysis of cases] ...
and Deductive Reasoning [analysis of
elements of rules of law and statutes]. The Paralegal Bubble is about to
implode? Good! Best thing for a failed system for 30 yrs. It should implode on
itself and disappear. THE BEST will survive. Paralegals Are Not being replaced
[because of] technology. That's just a pretext. If many paralegal
students had learned How and Why to think...in school, they'd be working [in
spite of] technology. The claim...of Technology replacing Paralegals...are the
new (buzz words) for "I failed to competently teach, but can dodge the
bullet because [technology replacement] can be my excuse." No it's
not. Technology is only replacing the (button-pushers) ... who only learned
[WHAT] to do in the thinking process...[rote-memorization to pass a test and
forgot the subject matter in 6 months, that's what.] They were [clueless] How
and Why they were doing What they were doing. That's not the case for
Paralegals who Learned The How and The Why in the thinking process.
To paraphrase...knowing [what] to do helps, but knowing [how or why] to
do it means everything. The How and Why is in Teachblade's Book.
It's [The Next] Level. http://amzn.to/GFxa1k
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Defense attorneys and insurance companies hold conventions and
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For example, here is an actual PowerPoint presented at “The Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel” which shows just that.
If you don’ think you need an experienced lawyer to help you with your personal injury or wrongful death case, think again.
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2013
CLAY Award Recipient and 2013 California Super Lawyer], please consider joining
your ilk of Super Lawyers at… http://gplus.to/triallawyertips. You can simply read and enjoy the posts
or, submit your very own content that you’ve created or have come across via
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[that’s thebeauty of Google+]. Read why Mitch Jackson is so awfully
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congregate, so you'll feel right at home Sage.] We go Big or we go home.
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your ilk of some of the best Criminal Defense Lawyers in the
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Finebloom, Esq. of the Florida, DUI, Criminal Defense law firm of Finebloom
& Haenel, is
recognized as one of the top Criminal Defense Lawyers in the
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That honor also goes Capital Murders Defense Lawyer for over 3
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the Damned. This Google+ Community site is where the Heavy Weights
congregate, any why you're requested to join. We go Big or we go
home. Hope to see you in the Community!
Former Presiding Justice,
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Pamela L. Rymer [Stanford Law] with whom
Teachblade worked @ Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles.
Sir Richard Branson on the
concept of Business, Virgin Airlines, Virgin Group, Virgin Money Team.
This picture is courtesy of Attorney William "Bill" Hurst, one of the largest Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Boating Accident law firms in Indianapolis, Indianna. You can infer from that...even "Sage" Attorney William "Bill" Hurst...doesn't want to see too many of these kinds of cases come into his law firm.
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YOU $HOULD LEARN...HOW AND
WHY...TO MERGE BOOK THEORY
WITH LAW OFFICE PRACTICE
$KILL$ $ET$.YOU
WILL NEVER
BE WITHOUT LEGAL WORK.
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PARALEGAL BRAIN THE BLOG, with 21,000+ Readers worldwide since
Feb.
2012, is Blog-Author,Teachblade's [Signature Teaching] for 30 years ... merging
Textbook Theory with Law Office Practice Pleadings...while in tandem,
working as a Complex-Litigation Paralegal 45 years. The merging of
Theory and Practice occurs seamlessly when Students learn [Why and How
To Think], with the LAD Methodology of Linear Reasoning [analysis of timelines]...Analogical Reasoning [analysis of cases]...and Deductive Reasoning [analysis of elements of rules of law and
statutes]. The Paralegal Bubble is about to implode? Good! Best thing for
a failed system for 30 yrs. It should implode on itself and disappear. THE BEST
will survive. Paralegals Are Not being replaced [because of] technology. That's just a pretext. If many paralegal students had learned How and Why to think...in school, they'd be working [in spite of]
technology. The claim...of Technology replacing Paralegals...are the new (buzz words) for
"I failed to competently teach, but can dodge the bullet because [technology replacement] can be my excuse." No it's not. Technology is only replacing the (button-pushers) ... who only learned [The WHAT] in the thinking process...[rote-memorization to pass a test and forgot the subject matter in 6 months.] That's not the case for Paralegals who Learned [The HOW] and [The WHY] in the thinking process. To paraphrase...knowing [what] to do helps, but knowing [how or why] to do it...is everything!
THERE'S GOOD CAUSE FOR
PAUSE, IN WHETHER OR
NOT TO MESS WITH
LANCASTER, CA. THE
MAYOR IS A LAWYER,
R. REX PARRIS. BRAVO!
.
City of Lancaster Blessed with Second Victory in Prayer Case
United States Court of Appeal Judges Affirm District Court Ruling Upholding the City’s Invocation Policy
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in favor of the City of Lancaster in the case of Shelley Rubin and Maureen I. Feller v. City of Lancaster, a case in which U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer originally concluded in favor of the Defendant (the City of Lancaster) on July 11, 2011. Unhappy with the outcome, the Plaintiffs appealed the decision and were determined to once again challenge the City’s Invocation Policy, as well as the reference to Jesus Christ in the invocation which opened the April 27, 2010 Lancaster City Council meeting.
A panel of three judges, including District Judge Jack Zouhary, as well as Circuit Judges Alfred T. Goodwin and Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, affirmed the District Court’s bench trial judgment in favor of the City of Lancaster. The judges found that the single reference to Jesus in the invocation by Bishop Henry Hearns did not violate the Establishment Clause, as it was not utilized as an attack or promotion of any one religion or government with a particular faith.
Furthermore, the plaintiffs’ contention regarding the Lancaster City Council having an unwritten Christian bias was rejected by the panel. Neither the City record nor City prayer policy indicates a specific affiliation with Christianity, and the choosing of prayer content and denomination does not fall on the Council, but instead derives from local demographics as well as the voluntary participation of religious leaders.
“Sometimes lessons learned require more than one teaching,” said City of Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris. “The City of Lancaster is overjoyed to once again be vindicated of these erroneous charges. The act of group prayer is supposed to be a practice which draws people together into a state of humility and oneness, not of hostility and separatism. This is why all denominations are welcome to participate and lead in our City Council Meeting invocations.”
During its August 25, 2009 regular meeting, the Lancaster City Council approved and adopted its Policy Regarding Invocations at Meetings of the City Council of the City of Lancaster. Pursuant to this Invocation Policy, the Lancaster City Clerk compiles and maintains a database of religious congregations with an established presence in the city. The City Clerk does not inquire into the faith, denomination, or other religious belief of a congregation included on the list, or that asks to be included on the list.
On November 10, 2009, the City Council further decided to submit to City voters a ballot measure (Measure “I”) which asked: “In response to a recent complaint, with respect to the invocations that contained reference to Jesus Christ, shall the City Council continue its invocation policy in randomly selecting local clergy of different faiths to deliver the invocation without restricting the content based on their beliefs, including references to Jesus Christ?”
During the April 13, 2010 general municipal election, Measure I passed by a more than 3-1 margin; with 9,765 votes in favor and 3,116 votes in opposition.
“The court made the right decision,” remarked Mayor Parris. “The overwhelming will of the people of Lancaster was recognized by the court, along with the faith of all of us who believe in the power of prayer.”
Paralegal III, at Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Medicaid
Fraud, Criminal Justice Div., Hawaii State Attorney General's Office. Currently,
Second Year Law Student, University of Hawaii.
"Barb Reynolds taught several classes I attended in 2004, at
the West Los Angeles College, Paralegal Certificate Degree Program. She is
smart, knowledgeable, and inspirational. She makes the complex understandable,
and gets her students to quote: "Know that they know what they
know."
Aloha Barb! Congratulations! I also read your book last weekend,
and was so impressed! In particular, you found a way to communicate
complex ideas and concepts in an easy-to-read-and-understand format, while
conveying as much information in 10 pages as other books do in 100! Moreover,
I've been particularly fortunate to have been your student in live classes over
a two-year period, which has fortified me with countless professional
advantages. Mahalo nui loa-- e` hana hou!"
"Prof. Reynolds, [Senior Law Instructor, West LA College, ABA
Paralegal Studies Program], is a great instructor who is in tune with what
paralegals encounter in the real world. She understands that there is no book
that teaches you how to be a paralegal - it's about being resourceful and solving
issues as they arise. Prof. Reynolds gave me the practical foundation required
to be a paralegal."
"Miss Barbara was my very first Paralegal Instructor, [Senior
Law Instructor & Corporate Job Developer, InterCoast Colleges, Orange
County] and I will never forget some of the very important lessons I have
learned from her. She is very passionate about her profession, and is a very
powerful and motivational speaker. I'm very grateful to have met her, and am
fortunate to say that Miss Barbara was also a Mentor as well as a friend to me.
There was a time when my career was on hold, and I began to look to other
options...Miss Barbara, in no uncertain terms let me know that I was basically
too talented to not pursue my legal career. Miss Barbara speaks her mind, while
inspiring and uplifting others, encouraging them to be the best they can. I am
proud to know her, and to have been a student of her instruction. I have no
doubt that whatever she sets out to do, will not only get done, but it will get
done in a big way. When I interviewed at the school, her classroom was
next to the interview room. I heard Miss Barbara lecturing and asked the
Interviewer: "Who [Is] that? Is [she] going to be my Teacher?
The rest [is history]."
Teachblade here:
While in school, Shamika married the love of her life, Blake
Polin; and became the
mother of two beautiful daughters. When she questioned whether or not she
should enter the legal profession, I told her: "yes you can and you
should because you have the ilk of training Lawyers want"! Shamika
didn't know she had the level of training that Lawyers wanted; but I did.
The rest is history.
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LAW PRACTICE EDUCATORS --
BRAVO!
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[California Law Practice] Google+ Community...and [Criminal Law Connect]
Google+ Community, consider this an invitation to join one or several of the
communities and be among your ilk...the Super Lawyers and Super Legal Support
Staff in the Nation...literally. Hence, it's why you're invited. Many
Legal Support Staff come to the sites and share with their Lawyers. If you have
a G-mail account, feel free to join one or several, as follows:
.
As Ambassador of CEB [ California Law Practice] Google+
Community, please consider joining your ilk of Super
Lawyers…literally…moderated by CEB Blog Editor, Attorney Julie Brook, Esq. at…http://bit.ly/10Ly1Gv. Most posts are Not state-specific, and hence,
universally applicable. Equally great, is your close proximity to
CEB's premier onlinetools and resources [you'll hear about in this Community.
You can simply read and
enjoy the posts or, submit your very own content that
you’ve created or have come across via third party sources. Articles, links,
videos and podcasts are all welcome. [That’s the beauty of Google+]. This
site is where the Heavy Weights congregate. We go Big or we go home.
.
Not just Lawyers join [California Law Practice] Google+
Community. Real Estate Brokers, Law Students, Paralegal Students,
Paralegals, Legal Secretaries and other Legal Support Staff...anyone else who
needs to know the Legal Process and know about their Legal Rights is joining in
droves! [Very smart people…those legal folks]. If you don't Know your legal
rights, then you Don't Have any legal rights. If you're anyone who wants
to learn your Legal Rights, then you're a click away. Knowing your Legal
Rights, will also help you to make an informed decision about which Lawyer to
hire, so come on over and join at http://bit.ly/10Ly1Gv! Hope to see you in the Community!
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gives you access to the largest source of web-based California
legal commentary and analysis. Try a test search or sign up for
a free trial to see the depth
and breadth of content available, including expert step-by-step guidance,
sample forms, and links to cited cases and codes.
OnLAW Libraries provide instant access to all of CEB’s titles in
a practice area at an economical price, or select an individual title for
access to a specific publication.
As Ambassador of [Trial Lawyer Tips] Google+ Community [that's
Moderated by Personal Injury/Wrongful Death Trial Lawyer, Mitch Jackson, 2013
CLAY Award Recipient and 2013 California Super Lawyer], please consider joining
your ilk of Super Lawyers at… http://gplus.to/triallawyertips. You can simply read and enjoy the posts
or, submit your very own content that you’ve created or have come across via
third party sources. Articles, links, videos and podcasts are all welcome
[that’s thebeauty of Google+]. Read why Mitch
Jackson is so awfully
bad at times: http://bit.ly/UztW5w. This site is where the Heavy Weights
congregate, so you'll feel right at home Sage.] We go Big or we go home.
Hope to see you in the Community!
As Ambassador of [Criminal Law Connect], please consider joining
your ilk of some of the best Criminal Defense Lawyers in the
Nation…literally. Moderator of [Criminal Law Connect] Google+ Community, Darren
Finebloom, Esq. of the Florida, DUI, Criminal Defense law firm of Finebloom
& Haenel, is recognized as one of the top Criminal Defense Lawyers in the
Nation. You cansimply read and enjoy the posts or, submit
your very own
content that you’ve created or have come across via third party
sources.Articles, links, videos and podcasts are all welcome [that’s the beauty
of Google+]. Join and [Criminal Law Connect] Google+ Community,
at… http://bit.ly/X0PhU9.
.
That honor also goes Capital Murders Defense Lawyer for over 3
decades, Richard S. Jaffe, Author of Best Seller, Quest For Justice, Defending
the Damned. This Google+ Community site is where the Heavy Weights
congregate, any why you're requested to join. We go Big or we go
home. Hope to see you in the Community!
Former Presiding Justice,
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Pamela L. Rymer [Stanford Law] with whom
Teachblade worked @ Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles.
Sir Richard Branson on the
concept of Business, Virgin Airlines, Virgin Group, Virgin Money Team.
SOME YOUNG LEADERS WHO
REMAINED FOCUSED IN A
DISTRACTING ECONOMY.
Young, Business Leaders in
Action...Ryan Earl Reynolds…with Distinction in Sales. Social Worker (for
At-Risk Youth who've become All Stars and college bound), CA Licensed Insurance
Agent, Banker Trust & Casualty and ALFAC, and B.S. Graduate in Business
Administration w/ Honors, University of Phoenix, June 2013.
Young Business Leader in
Action...Attorney Lauren Patterson, with Distinction in Criminal Law and
the District Attorney's Office. A world traveler as HIV/AIDS Peer
Educator for AIDS awareness in high schools in South Africa and Spain.
USC Law School Graduate 2011; and admitted to the California Bar in June
2012.
TEACHBLADE
IS A CEB GROUP MEMBER ON LINKEDIN...CALIFORNIA LAW INSTRUCTOR, MERGING SUBSTANTIVE LAW WITH PRACTICE SKILLS, 30 YEARS
PARALEGAL
BRAIN THE BLOG, with 20,000+ Readers worldwide since Feb.
2012, is ripped from Blog-Author, and
Thought Leader in Paralegal Education, Teachblade's [Signature Teaching]
for 30 years...and now online herein…merging Textbook [Theory] with Law Office
[Practice] Pleadings, while in tandem, working as a Complex-Litigation
Paralegal 45 years. Knowing and Teaching [How] To [Critically Think
the Law] ... through The LAD Methodology ... Linear Reasoning, Analogical Reasoning and Deductive
Reasoning] ... and how to apply that LAD analysis to strategic pleadings for maximum court results • Is bona fide Paralegal functionality]. The
concerning Paralegal Bubble [And its Remedy ... My Amazon Author Website, http://bit.ly/VFLnRj] . .
. is ripped from Teachblade's 30 years of teaching Paralegals who make [good]
money and support their families.
Technology will [not] replace these Paralegals…they're [too] good. [Let's be unequivocal. It's not brag. It's a fact that when Paralegals learn The LAD Methodology, they are Very good. If it's fact, it's not brag.] We Go Big Or We Go Home. The Paralegal Bubble is about
to implode? Good! It's the Best thing for a failed system
for 30 yrs. It should implode on itself and disappear. THE BEST will survive.
Paralegals [Are Not] being replaced [because of] technology. Had many learned in school [How] to [think],
they'd be working [in spite of] technology…and why this Teaching Blog has existed since 02/2012…for Paralegals
and recent Bar Passers.
THIS POST IS A RE-SHARE, AS ITS
VALUE ISN'T OVER-EMPHASIZED.
IT'S A BLUE-PRINT FOR LAW OFFICE
SUCCESS, THAT'S PURE GOLD.
THERE WERE CAREFULLY DEMAR-
CATED DIVISIONS OF LABOR.
EVERYONE KNEW THEIR EXACT
ROLES TO DEPLOY WHEN THEY
ENTERED THE OFFICE EACH DAY.
THERE WAS NO GUESS WORK.
YOU WERE NOT HIRED UNLESS
REFERRED BY A LAWYER OR A
JUDGE...HENCE, CAPACITY WAS
[A SUM CERTAIN] ... AND THE LAW
FIRM REMAINED ON AUTOMATIC
PILOT FROM 1948 UNTIL JUDGE
BROADY, JUDGE SCARLETT AND
JUDGE ROBERSON TOOK THE
BENCH, AND THE SUCCESSOR
LAW FIRM OF IVIE, McNEIL & WYATT
...IN BUNKER HILLS, CA FOR THE
PAST 25 YEARS...AND CONTINUES
THE BROADY, SCARLETT AND
ROBERSON TRADITION AS OF THIS
POSTING. YES, THE REFERRAL
PROCESS APPLIED TO SUPPORT
STAFF AS WELL. IT WAS [QUALITY-
CONTROL] AT EVERY LEVEL. YOU
YOU WERE TAUGHT THE FIRM'S
DAILY PRACTICE PROCEDURES BUT
NOT LAW OFFICE SKILLS. THAT...
YOU LEARNED ON YOUR OWN, AND
A "QUICK STUDY" WAS FOREGONE
CONCLUSION OR YOU COULD NOT
STAY WITH THE FIRM. IT WAS NOT
PERSONAL ... IT WAS BUSINESS ...
65 YEARS LATER.
.
The following observations, colored my personal development in my Career for over 4 decades, and were initially gleaned through my employment with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Earl C. Broady, Sr....Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Charles R. Scarlett...and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Robert L. Roberson, Jr., [now with ARC]...of the Law Firm of Broady, Scarlett & Roberson...before these Legal Giants took the Bench. The young Lawyers they mentored, included the late Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr...and Tehachapi, CA's, Criminal Defense Attorney, Harry M. Reynolds.
Johnnie Cochran, Esq. Harry Reynolds, Esq.
At one point, Broady, Scarlett & Roberson domimated the criminal law practice in southwest Los Angeles, until Johnnie Cochran came along with the Deadwyler Case, and the Firm moved into the additional practice areas of Personal Injury, Family Law, Probate, Unlawful Detainer, as well as the ongoing criminal trial practice. The Successor Law Firm, Ivie McNeill & Wyatt, is located in Bunker Hills of Downtown Los Angeles. Many of the current clients of the Successor Law Firm, are the grown issues of former clients of the Predecessor Law Firm. To that extent, the Law Firm of Broady, Scarlett & Roberson has lived on in perpetuity. The success of Broady, Scarlett & Roberson was not by accident. It was programed into the fabric of the law practice, the principles were unswerving, and applied to everyone in the office.
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By the way, Judge Broady mentored Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., and Attorney Harry M. Reynolds, in the Core Competencies of Lawyers and how to structure a productive law practice. Johnnie’s almost daily presence in the Broady law office after hours, was legendary. Decades later one can glean that mentoring paid off; because the Cochran Firm (started in 1967), as well as Judge Broady’s firm (started in 1948) are still thriving successor law practices years after their death. Attorney Harry Reynolds left his footprint in Century City, CA before relocating his practice to Kern County. The systemic productivity was etched into the fabric of the Firm's law-office-practices and became standard-operating procedures...everyone knew.
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ON A SIDE NOTE: I’ll bet retired Orange County Superior Court Judge, Martin Engquist, has some stories to tell about Judge Broady. (I met Judge Engquist when I taught in InterCoast College’s Orange County Paralegal Program for 10 years, and would take my students to the Courthouse twice a month, to glean in real time, how the results of the Students’ knowledge of Substantive-Law and Law-Office-Procedural-Practice Skills (in producing Court-compliant documents and pleadings,) would play out in the Courtroom. It was a true, learning moment when students would hear Lawyers make reference to a particular pleading that the Students had prepared in Class, or the document had been referenced in class lectures.
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Those listening moments in the Courtroom helped to seal Students’ working knowledge of the profession, to this very day. Any Student – will rise to the level to which the Teacher takes them. Do other Teachers take their Students to the Courthouse? Some do and some don’t, but should. How then did I know to take my Students to the Courthouse? It’s not written in any of The Standards of teaching, to take Paralegal students to the Courthouse. I did so because I have plenty of “Horse-Sense” and it logically followed that Students educational career would be enhanced, and etched indelibly into their psyche, from the process. Hence, I say to Students: Go to the Courthouse and observe Courtroom proceedings, even if you are a “force of one”. It's not in preparation to become a Lawyer. It's in preparation of becoming more functional in the law office...before...you leave school and transition into the law office. Lawyers don't have the time nor the resources to teach you. Hence, why in most instances, Lawyers want Paralgals with 3-5 years prior work experience; because there's a Lawyer's sobering conclusion that hands-on-applications in law-office-practice-skills are not being taught in paralegal schools, specifically.
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I had occasion to meet Judge Engquist when my Class observed his Courtroom proceedings while I was teaching the Criminal Law Module. (Judge Engquist’s mustache, styled like a bicycle-handle-bar, is still unforgettable.) Judge Engquist was impressed that Teacher and Students were interested enough in the Court’s process to make it a standard operating proceeding to observe courtroom proceedings.
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On one occasion, Judge Engquist invited my Class into his Courtroom Chambers during a recess, where Students fielded prepared questions to him. That too was an unforgettable moment for Paralegal Students. At some point, Judge Engquist asked me about my academic training and work history, and I mentioned the name Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, Earl C. Broady, as part of my work history.
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That is when Judge Engquist proceeded to tell me that he and Judge Broady were Law Enforcement Officers in the Los Angeles Police Department together; that when Judge Broady became a Lawyer, he decided to become a Lawyer; and that when Judge Broady decided to take the Bench, he later decided to take the Bench.
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Observing Judge Engquist’s court proceedings became a routine for the Students, who would also attend court proceedings after school was out. Student grew to love the law; and their heightened attention to the coursework and later career successes have proven that such was the case, as a result of their employment with such law offices as Sheppard-Mullin; Manatt-Phelps; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Hulsey & Hulsey; Malek & Malek; Keller Williams Real Estate; Wright, Finlay & Zak; Law Offices of Wilma Presley; Mayer-Brown; Palumbo Bergstrom; Deloitte
& Touche; Olaf Landsgaard, Esq.; Wells Fargo
Bank; William Kropach, Esq.; the Colorado State Attorney General’s Office and the Hawaii State Attorney General’s Office.
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MAJOR PREMISE:
THE ATTORNEY’S CORE COMPETENCIES
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Judge Broady’s Major Premise (and I’ve euphemistically dubbed “The Broady Principle”) was stated as follows (and I paraphrase):
“ If an Attorney does three (3) things Daily, and 3 things only, then he or she has done a good day’s work. Those three Core Competencies are:
(1) going to Court;
(2) returning from Court and discussing case strategies with the clients; and
(3) collecting money.
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Everything else -- is left to competent people within the Law Office.”
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Competency and quality control was assured by the foregoing criteria that affected all levels of divisions of labor within the firm.
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MINOR PREMISE:
A PARALEGAL IS EVERYTHING MINUS 3.
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A Paralegal is “Everything Minus 3". It is minus the 3 Attorney Core Competencies. The [Broady Principle], therefore, defined the divisions of labor in a law office. Legal Staff were cross-trained and knew the file clerk's functionality up to the highest level of functionality in their own positions.
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The role of a Paralegal is to free up Attorneys' time so Attorneys can concentrate on their "Core Competencies". Paralegals (1) do not go to court; (2) Paralegals do not discuss case strategies with clients (but Paralegals do interview clients and handle client-intake memoranda); and (3) Paralegals do not collect money (unless directed by the Lawyer). These Core Competencies remain in the exclusive domain of Lawyers. To the extent that Paralegals and other staff support, free up Attorneys' time to address their Core Competencies, then the Lawyer and Paralegal have done a good day’s work. The level of Paralegal’s continued personal development of all other endeavors, minus 3, defines the Paralegal's added-value to the Firm, the Firm's profits, the Paralegal’s earnings, and the Paralegal's longevity.
. CONCLUSION:
SUCCESS OF THE LAWYER, THE PARALEGAL AND LAW FIRM ARE FOREGONE CONCLUSIONS WITH APPLICATION OF THE BROADY PRINCIPLE.
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If Paralegals assist Lawyers to the extent that Lawyers can begin focusing on their 3 Core Competencies only, we satisfy then, the requirements of the Major Premise. Herein lies the successful functionality of The Broady Principle, and law firm success has always been a foregone conclusion.
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The Divisions of Labor, under The Broady Principle, are clearly defined for both Lawyer and Support Staff. Hence, a Paralegal knows that he or she is, “Everything minus 3” and undoubtedly knows what tasks to assume, or study for the undertaking, in the law office. It doesn’t matter what area of law is practiced, nor whether you stay or go to another law firm or a business unrelated to law, altogether. You should see to it that your working knowledge grows exponentially with the law firm’s success, that now includes a working knowledge of e-Discovery.
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Note: Ground yourself in a thorough working knowledge of civil litigation and "Discovery" first, and the appreciation of e-Discovery will be almost seamless, in that e-Discovery has its genesis in the basic principles of Discovery. Instead of discovering evidence in paper-form, it is discovering evidence in electronic form and understanding the retrieval process. It's analogous to students learning how to conduct legal research. You should [Not] have been taught Westlaw and Lexis Nexis...first. You should have been taught how to [manually conduct] legal research...first. What if all the computers crashed in the office and a lawyer needed to determine whether a case was still good law? Yes, they still publish Sheppard Citators in print. Hence, when students were then transitioned to Westlaw and Lexis Nexis, comprehending the computerized version of legal research was seamless, because the computerized version an overlay of manual legal research. Got it?!
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It's also why some students cannot add, subtract, divide nor multiply without a calculator. Personally, my Son didn't see a calculator until he was able to add, subtract, divide and multiply. I'll say it again, that Technology will Not replace...The Thinkers. It will replace...The Button-Pushers.
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Paralegals now know, undoubtedly, what their Division of Labor is--Everything Minus 3. .
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Fraud, Criminal Justice Div., Hawaii State Attorney General's Office.
Currently, Second Year Law Student, University of Hawaii.
"Barb Reynolds taught
several classes I attended in 2004, at the West Los Angeles College, Paralegal
Certificate Degree Program. She is smart, knowledgeable, and inspirational. She
makes the complex understandable, and gets her students to quote: "Know
that they know what they know."
Aloha Barb! Congratulations!
I also read your book last weekend, and was so impressed! In particular,
you found a way to communicate complex ideas and concepts in an
easy-to-read-and-understand format, while conveying as much information in 10
pages as other books do in 100! Moreover, I've been particularly fortunate to
have been your student in live classes over a two-year period, which has
fortified me with countless professional advantages. Mahalo nui loa-- e` hana
hou!"
"Prof. Reynolds, [Senior Law Instructor, West LA College, ABA
Paralegal Studies Program], is a great instructor who is in tune with what paralegals
encounter in the real world. She understands that there is no book that teaches
you how to be a paralegal - it's about being resourceful and solving issues as
they arise. Prof. Reynolds gave me the practical foundation required to be a
paralegal."
"Miss Barbara was my very first Paralegal Instructor, [Senior
Law Instructor & Corporate Job Developer, InterCoast Colleges, Orange
County] and I will never forget some of the very important lessons I have
learned from her. She is very passionate about her profession, and is a very
powerful and motivational speaker. I'm very grateful to have met her, and am
fortuntate to say that Miss Barbara was also a Mentor as well as a friend to
me. There was a time when my career was on hold, and I began to look to other
options...Miss Barbara, in no uncertain terms let me know that I was basically
too talented to not pusue my legal career. Miss Barbara speaks her mind, while
inspiring and uplifting others, encouraging them to be the best they can. I am
proud to know her, and to have been a student of her instruction. I have no doubt
that whatever she sets out to do, will not only get done, but it will get done
in a big way. When I interviewed at the school, her classroom was next to
the interview room. I heard Miss Barbara lecturing and asked the
Interviewer: "Who [Is] that? Is [she] going to be my Teacher?
The rest [is history]."
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Thought Leader in Paralegal Education, Teachblade's [Signature Teaching]
for 30 years...merging Textbook [Theory] with Law Office [Practice]
Pleadings, while in tandem, working as a Complex-Litigation Paralegal 45
years. [Knowing and Teaching [How] To [Critically Think the Law] •
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Reasoning] • And How To
Apply Legal Analysis To Strategic Pleadings For Maximum Court Results • Is
Bona Fide Paralegal Functionality]. The concerning Paralegal Bubble & its
Remedy. . . My Amazon Author Website, http://bit.ly/VFLnRj . .
.ripped from Teachblade's 30 years of teaching Paralegals who make [good]
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APPLE IN HOT WATER OVER DISCOVERY FAILURE
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THIS . . . is huge...the lesson(s) about the attention to detail...to Discovery...to Law & Motion practice...to strategy...and to timing.
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.
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professionals]...need only read a few words of the article's
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.
Notably, I just read the article...about the current dubious distinction of Apple,
following one of the lead attorneys of Audet & Partners...gleaning and arguing at trial] that the supporting exhibits [for Apple's summary
judgment motion] were exhibits that had not been turned over to Counsel for Plaintiff, iPhone, [Audet & Partners LLP] during the lengthy discovery process. The Judge [with jaundice eye] ordered that Apple could not entertain its motion again until it had evidenced to the court that it had complied with Discovery. That had to be one
of Audet & Partners LLP's "finest hours" against the formidable
Gibson-Dunn. Click Link.
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tools and resources [you'll hear about in this Community. You can simply read and enjoy the posts or, submit your
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sources. Articles, links, videos and podcasts are all welcome. [That’s
the beauty of Google+]. This site is where the Heavy Weights congregate. We go
Big or we go home.
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Not just Lawyers join [California Law Practice] Google+
Community. Real Estate Brokers, Law Students, Paralegal Students, Legal
Secretaries...anyone else who needs to know the Legal Process and know about
their Legal Rights is joining in droves! [Very smart people…those legal folks].
If you don't Know your legal rights, then you Don't Have any legal rights. If you're anyone who wants to learn your
Legal Rights, then you're a click away.
Knowing your Legal Rights, will also help you to make an informed
decision about which Lawyer to hire!
Hope to see you in the Community!
. As
Ambassador of [Trial Lawyer Tips] Google+ Community
[that's Moderatedby Personal
Injury/Wrongful Death Trial Lawyer, Mitch Jackson, 2013 CLAY Award Recipient
and 2013 California Super Lawyer], please consider joining your ilk of Super
Lawyers at… http://gplus.to/triallawyertips. You can simply read and enjoy
the posts or, submit your very own content that you’ve created or have come
across via third party sources. Articles, links, videos and podcasts are all
welcome [that’s the
beauty of Google+]. Read why Mitch Jackson is so awfully bad at times: http://bit.ly/UztW5w.
This site is where the Heavy Weights congregate, so you'll feel right at
home Sage.] We go Big or we go home. Hope to see you in the
Community!
As Ambassador of [Criminal Law Connect], please
consider joining your ilk of some of the best Criminal Defense
Lawyers in the Nation…literally. Moderator of [Criminal Law Connect]
Google+ Community,Darren
Finebloom, Esq.
of the Florida, DUI, Criminal Defense law firm of Finebloom & Haenel, is
recognized as one of the top Criminal Defense Lawyers in the Nation.
.
That
honor also goes Capital Murders Defense Lawyer for over 3 decades, Richard S.
Jaffe, Author of Best Seller, Quest For Justice, Defending the Damned. You
can simply read and enjoy the posts or, submit your very own content that
you’ve created or have come across via third party sources. Articles, links,
videos and podcasts are all welcome [that’s the beauty of Google+]. Join and [Criminal Law
Connect] Google+ Community, at… http://bit.ly/X0PhU9. This site is
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Paralegal III, at Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Medicaid
Fraud, Criminal Justice Div., Hawaii State Attorney General's Office.
Currently, Second Year Law Student, University of Hawaii.
"Barb Reynolds taught
several classes I attended in 2004, at the West Los Angeles College, Paralegal
Certificate Degree Program. She is smart, knowledgeable, and inspirational. She
makes the complex understandable, and gets her students to quote: "Know
that they know what they know."
Aloha Barb! Congratulations!
I also read your book last weekend, and was so impressed! In particular,
you found a way to communicate complex ideas and concepts in an
easy-to-read-and-understand format, while conveying as much information in 10
pages as other books do in 100! Moreover, I've been particularly fortunate to
have been your student in live classes over a two-year period, which has
fortified me with countless professional advantages. Mahalo nui loa-- e` hana
hou!"
"Prof. Reynolds, [Senior Law Instructor, West LA College, ABA
Paralegal Studies Program], is a great instructor who is in tune with what
paralegals encounter in the real world. She understands that there is no book
that teaches you how to be a paralegal - it's about being resourceful and
solving issues as they arise. Prof. Reynolds gave me the practical foundation
required to be a paralegal."
"Miss Barbara was my very first Paralegal Instructor, [Senior
Law Instructor & Corporate Job Developer, InterCoast Colleges, Orange
County] and I will never forget some of the very important lessons I have
learned from her. She is very passionate about her profession, and is a very
powerful and motivational speaker. I'm very grateful to have met her, and am
fortuntate to say that Miss Barbara was also a Mentor as well as a friend to
me. There was a time when my career was on hold, and I began to look to other
options...Miss Barbara, in no uncertain terms let me know that I was basically
too talented to not pusue my legal career. Miss Barbara speaks her mind, while
inspiring and uplifting others, encouraging them to be the best they can. I am
proud to know her, and to have been a student of her instruction. I have no
doubt that whatever she sets out to do, will not only get done, but it will get
done in a big way. When I interviewed at the school, her classroom was
next to the interview room. I heard Miss Barbara lecturing and asked the
Interviewer: "Who [Is] that? Is [she] going to be my Teacher?
The rest [is history]."
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Pleadings, while in tandem, working as a Complex-Litigation Paralegal 45
years. [Knowing and Teaching [How] To [Critically Think the Law] •
Through Linear, Analogical & Deductive Reasoning] • And How To
Apply Legal Analysis To Stategic Pleadings For Maximum Court Results • Is
Bona Fide Paralegal Functionality]. The concerning Paralegal Bubble & its
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Complex litigation is often so contentious that the word
"admission" seems like a waste of time. Notwithstanding the
language in Rule 36(b) providing that "[a] matter admitted under this rule is conclusively established unless the court, on motion, permits the admission to be withdrawn or amended[,]" requests for admission are used far less than other discovery devices.
Perhaps this is because unlike interrogatories and requests for production and depositions, requests for admission are much more useful after you've conducted other discovery. When you ask the other party to admit or deny something, you are not "discovering" information so much as confirming a fact or obtaining a concession.
How many of you enjoy long trials? Yes, I thought so. What about briefing summary judgment motions when you know the other party can't counter certain points, but you have to brief them anyway?
The most obvious use of requests for admission is to simplify your case (and shorten your trial or eliminate a needless summary judgment motion) by establishing proof of issues or elements of your claims that the opposing party cannot challenge at trial.
For example, the first element of a breach of contract claim is that there is, in fact, a contract. If the litigation to date has focused on whether a breach occurred, why not get an admission that a contract exists? If the opposing party will not admit the existence of a contract, you could also use a request for admission to establish a sub-element of your claim -- i.e. ask them to admit that on Date X, the party received the offer. You can then focus your energies at trial or in summary judgment briefing on the disputed aspects of the claim.
2. PINNING DOWN SLIPPERY INTERROGATORY ANSWERS
Has an opposing party ever answered an interrogatory after a long paragraph of objections? And include a list of "general objections" in the preamble to their answers? The interrogatory answer usually begins: "Subject to the above objections ...."
To winnow or even eliminate these boilerplate objections, carve out the part of the interrogatory answer you'd like to use in your summary judgment motion or at trial, and turn that statement into a request for admission. Since the other party included the statement in its (qualified) response, it should not be able to deny the statement.
3. AUTHENTICATION MADE EASY
Authenticating exhibits at trial can be a drag. Federal Rule of Evidence 902 lists certain types of evidence that are self-authenticating such as certified copies of public records and newspapers. http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_902
Other exhibits -- the vast majority -- require either evidence or testimony for authentication, as set forth in Federal Rule of Evidence 901 -- unless the opposing party stipulates to their authenticity. http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_901
Thus, you can use requests for admission to authenticate documents, obviating the need to go through the arduous process of authentication at trial. Rule 36(a)(1) provides that a request for admission may ask a party to admit "the genuineness of any described documents." Obviously, to make sure that both parties are talking about the same document, you should attach a copy and/or refer to the document by Bates number.
If you have many documents to authenticate, consider a request for admission that refers to an attached exhibit listing the documents by Bates number. You can also attach as an exhibit a disk or flash drive containing electronic copies of the documents (which should also be Bates numbered). The accompanying request for admission would ask the party to admit that (1) the copy (or electronic version) of each document identified by Bates number in Exhibit A is a true, correct, and genuine copy.
These examples demonstrate how you can use requests for admission -- the discovery tool that isn't really a discovery tool. Once you start using it, you'll probably find other ways to streamline the litigation process, which should please your clients.
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