Customer Reviews

Paralegal Practice & Procedure: A Practical Guide for the Legal Assistant

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3 star:		(1)
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As an individual who was very new to the paralegal profession, I found that the book was only minimally beneficial in that many of the explanations and legal terms were not clearly defined or explained...It definitely left me feeling like I needed help from other sources...

Everything in this book is too general to be of any practical value, especially if litigation is not your practice area.

In order to exapand my skill set I needed a book that gave me an overview of multiple areas of paralegal work. Sometimes I would get called for something they would say do you do estates wills and trusts or corporate derivatives? And while my experience may've lent to it, unless you've done something for years and years its hard to jump right into a conversation about it. Not so with this book at your fingertips. Gives you excellent outline of an assortment of areas.
Am I advocating getting this book and diving in? Yes, whatever your field you should have another field that you're actively involved in learning and creating as a branch from your main interest. I started in graphic design, did so many presentations that I got into finance and worked on so much legal stuff that I got into taxation and legal work. It is my plan to go onto law school just for the pure learning but with books like this and a solid commitment to learning you can get someone, a firm an attorney to sponsor you and go take the Bar. yes, it's that good.

My only wish is that I had ordered it from here but I needed it quick, fast and in a hurry so I bought it from a store.

The only reason I purchased this book was because it was required for my Paralegal course. It is very old and outdated, as was written in 1994 and it is now 2009. The instructor chose it to limit our costs, as the book he preferred costs over 100 bucks, and he wanted to spare us expense. Fairly easy to read and comprehend, but I am uncomfortable receiving knowledge that is now 15 years old.

Very informative book concerning real estate law. Refer to it constantly. Very impressed.

I used this book as a reference while representing myself in family court. Very helpful.

I think this is an excellent reference source - the law is difficult and any one book reference guide can only go so far in introducing you to a practice area that allows you to get the ball rolling. This book does a good job.

The only issue I have is that it's a 1994 edition and is in need of a fourth edition update. For instance, the bankruptcy law chapter should probably be avoided because the substantial changes that occurred in 2005 isn't included.

i was very pleased with my book. the delivery was right on target. good vendor.

Product arrived in record time and perfect condition. I would definitely purchase from this seller again. Product is exactly what it was represented to be, in terms of usefulness.

This member of the greater jury of the vast public is limited to awarding only 5 stars as I cannot award what I would like:
a constillation.
It is hands down the best guide for the person that really does the true work:the paralegal. That degree of help is only surpassed by its invaluable greater need in helping the pro se individual to look, not so "...pro se...".
It is a recipe book for law.
Thank you Deborah E. Larbalestrier,
rr kelsch