544 pages, 8 ½” x 11", Softcover, 2010
ISBN: 1-4180-1300-5

William P. Statsky

The Pennsylvania Paralegal is a career book for both paralegal students and practicing paralegals. It serves as a reference containing a great deal of information that will be essential for paralegal students and employed paralegals in the state. The information in the book, including its comprehensive legal dictionary, should make the book one that every paralegal would want to have close at hand in school and on the job. It is Internet-rich with resources that will help paralegals in many aspects of their day-to-day classes and jobs.

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KEY FEATURES:

• Introduces the reader to the paralegal career in Pennsylvania.
• Provides a comprehensive legal dictionary
• Reprints the newly revised Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct
• Provides ethical opinions governing paralegals
• Covers the unauthorized practice of law in the state
• Provides extensive resources on finding or changing jobs
• Explains important employment rights of paralegals
• Outlines the major resources for conducting research in Pennsylvania law
• Explains the judicial, legislative, and executive structure of government in the state
• Covers pro bono opportunities for paralegals
• Provides timelines for typical civil and criminal cases in Pennsylvania courts
• Provides examples of local citation rules