Description: Master the skills you'll need to succeed in a modern law office with Statsky/Tepper's INTRODUCTION TO PARALEGALISM: PERSPECTIVES, PROBLEMS AND SKILLS, 9th Edition. Skills are covered in the book include identifying legal issues, breaking rules into elements, applying rules to facts interviewing clients, investigating facts, digesting discovery documents, litigation assistance, researching the law, drafting documents and representing clients. Insights and examples help you understand ethical guidelines that lawyers and paralegals must follow and cover the efforts to regulate the profession in legislatures, courts and bar and paralegal associations. The use of technology and social media in the legal profession is emphasized, as well as engaging in online exercises geared toward gaining a familiarity with federal and state laws. Graphs illustrate the concepts discussed in the chapter.
Brief description: Pamela R. Tepper is the Solicitor General of the Virgin Islands Department of Justice in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. She presently manages the Solicitor General Division, which focuses on appeals, contract review, administrative representation of the executive branch departments, and the preparation of legal advice to those departments. She was formerly an Assistant Attorney General and the Deputy Solicitor General of that Department, managing the division's contracts, appeals, and special projects. From 2000 to 2008, Ms. Tepper was the Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel at the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. For over 20 years, Ms. Tepper has taught at several paralegal programs, including the Southeastern Paralegal Institute and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, The University of Texas, Arlington campus, and the University of the Virgin Islands. Along with "Introduction to Law," 8th Edition, Ms. Tepper is the author of "The Law of Contracts and the Uniform Commercial Code," 4th Edition, "The Litigation Paralegal," 7th Edition, "Introduction to Paralegalism," 9th Edition, "Basic Legal Writing for Paralegals," 2nd Edition, and "Legal Research and Writing and Texas Legal Research," 2nd Edition. Ms. Tepper has argued cases before the Federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Virgin Islands Supreme Court. She is licensed to practice in Texas and the Virgin Islands.