Make-ups (in Linda Kampe's classes ONLY)

With the apparent onset of cold, flu, and litigation season, it is time to remind those of you who have missed quizzes or tests in any of my classes to make arrangements to make those up. It is your responsibility to ensure that the makeup quiz takes place.

There will be some open time in Litigation on Dec. 1, Dec. 6, and Dec. 8 for anyone in any class who wishes to complete a makeup. Please send me an email ahead of time to let me know which date you will be attending, and which quiz(zes) you will be making up.

If none of those times will work for you, please send me an email informing me of that. Again, be sure to include a reference to the quiz(zes) you need to make up. I will place your quiz in the Assessment Center to be completed at your convenience. Any quizzes not completed by 9:00 on December 12, 2016, will be scored as zeroes.

Again, making arrangements to make up work is your responsibility.

Why You Never Say, "Just a Paralegal"

Note the following excerpt from the excellent article, Best of the Business: Paralegals Are Unsung Heroes No More.

Paralegals do not work for us; they work with us and are an integral part of the team. They are patient. They are kind. They do not boast. They are not easily angered. They rarely keep record of wrongs. They always protect, always trust (but verify), always hope and always persevere. Without our professional legal staff, we simply could not provide, with any level of consistency, quality legal services that help make the lives of our clients better – Best of the Business, Paralegals Are Unsung Heroes No More

As always, if you have time, read the whole article. 

And another job opportunity!

I just received another call from a local law firm looking for a full-time paralegal. The firm does primarily family law. If you're interested, again, please let me know.

And seriously people, why are you not encouraging all of your friends to enroll in Paralegal Studies?!?!?!

Part-time Job Opportunity

A local bankruptcy attorney is looking for a paralegal to work approximately 20 hours per week, long-term. Please contact me if you have questions.

Our International Audience

Welcome, international visitors! And if you're in Blois, France, wish my son a happy 22nd birthday!

United States	15
France	7
Brazil	1
Germany	1
Spain	1
Poland	1
Singapore	1

Hang Tough, Malaysian Fan!

Here are our international reach stats from last week:

United States	59
France	5
Netherlands	2
Malaysia	1
Poland	1
Ukraine	1

Paralegal Society November Meeting

The Paralegal Society will be meeting on Tuesday, November 8, at 6:00 p.m. in Ivy 1183. See you there!

US Supreme Court News

History was made yesterday at the US Supreme Court, and not because of a court ruling. For the first time ever, the female attorneys (counting arguing attorneys and Supreme Court justices) outnumbered the male attorneys.

You go, girls!

Harvard Law School Is Putting the Nuremberg Trial Records Online

Devils in the details

For HLS team digitizing Nuremberg documents, ‘a haunting effect’

October 26, 2016 | Editor's Pick Popular

By Jill Radsken, Harvard Staff Writer

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German doctors killed Anna Weiss as part of a Nazi euthanasia program directed at individuals they classified as disabled.
The woman’s so-called disability, as recorded in trial documents: being an “unsympathetic Czech Talmudic Jewess.”
“That ‘unsympathetic’ woman deserved to be named,” said Matt Seccombe, who has been the primary analyst for Harvard Law School Library’s Nuremberg Trials Project. “In these mass atrocities, the names become numbers. They deserve to have their names recorded and remembered.”
In 1949, four years after the Nuremberg war crime trials began, the library received the most complete set of documents from the Nazi prosecutions outside that of the National Archives. Over the years, individuals who participated in the 13 trials have also donated their personal papers related to the cases. In 1998, the library initiated the Nuremberg Trials Project with the goals of preserving the entire collection and making it accessible online. To date, Seccombe has analyzed five trials, including thousands of documents, while scanning teams have digitized the 154,000 transcript pages and nearly 600,000 document pages for all the trials.

For the full article, click here.

To access the Nuremberg records online, click here.

Practici! (Participants in the Spring Practicum)

If you have registered for the practicum but have still not provided me with your resume and application, please do so by the end of this week!!!!!

And if you're interested in the practicum but have not yet met with me to register, please do that by the end of this week, also!

Happy Monday to our French and Dutch friends! (And that interested person in Malaysia!)

Here are our international stats from last week:

United States	29
France	11
Netherlands	9
Malaysia 1	We are apparently gaining in popularity in France and the Netherlands. Our following in the Netherlands is undoubtedly due at least in part to Professor Ranchor's influence. And in France? I'm still waiting to hear from my son (teaching English in Blois) that he has heard from one of you!

Vote!

With early voting underway, this is a good time to remind you that besides making you a fine, upstanding citizen, voting is yet another way to earn engagement points. Get a picture of yourself with your "I voted" sticker, or one of those dreaded polling-booth selfies, or whatever. It's 10 points. But that's not why you do it, right?

Bon Voyage Party

The Paralegal Society will be hosting a Bon Voyage party for Professor Ranchor on Thursday, October 27, at 1:30 - 2:45 in Griffin Hall 131. All paralegal and legal studies students (and alums) are welcome to join us. Questions? Contact me or any Paralegal Society officer.

Talk to a Lawyer!

Remember, tomorrow is Talk to a Lawyer Day at Ivy Tech. Local attorneys will be providing free 15-minute consultations to members of the public. No appointment needed.

Paralegal students are encouraged to help with check-in whenever you have some free time. Stop by the Lilly Rooms in Ivy Hall!

International stuff!!!

First, I'd like you to note the addition to our favorite blogs list. Estrelita, our visiting professor from the Netherlands, is keeping a blog about her travels here. (She shares the blog with her colleagues who are visiting various other places in the US.) For some reason, I can't get an automatic feed on that one, so you may have to play with it a little if you click on the link. Also, do not try to adjust your screen--it is in Dutch.

Second, I will be taking Estrelita on a tour of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse on Friday. I look forward to being able to introduce her to our many students and alumni who work there. And I also invite anyone who would like to join us to look for us. We will be wandering, but we hope to stop by a criminal sentencing in Superior 1 at 11:00, and protective order hearings at 1:00 (Superior 5?).

Finally, we have had loads of international visitors in the past week--including some from the Netherlands (Estrelita's students?) and France (seriously, if you're in Blois, look for a tall, redheaded American English teacher at the local high school). And to all, bienvenido!

 

United States	38
France	13
Netherlands	8
Turkey	2
Canada	1
Spain	1
Georgia	1

Social Media Workshop

Touring the Courthouse with Professor Ranchor

Next Friday, Oct. 28, I will be giving Professor Ranchor a tour of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse. We will be having lunch downtown--maybe at Red 7, unless someone comes up with a better idea.

Alums (and interested current students) are welcome to join us. And a special shout out to everyone who works at the courthouse: If you know of a particular hearing or trial scheduled for that day, please let me know so we can stop by!

Judgment at Nuremberg

Last night, several of us enjoyed an entertaining and thought-provoking evening at "Judgment at Nuremberg." If you weren't there, you missed a good time!

Here are my favorite lines from the show--and especially relevant during our current national climate:

A decision must be made in the life of every nation...          

at the very moment when the grasp of the enemy is at its throat. 

Then it seems that the only way to survive is to use the means of the enemy... 

to rest survival upon what is expedient,to look the other way.
            
The answer to that is: Survival as what?

A country isn't a rock. It's not an extension of one's self.

It's what it stands for.

It's what it stands for when standing for something is the most difficult.

Before the people of the world, let it now be noted

that here in our decision,this is what we stand for: 

Justice,truth,and the value of a single human being.

Job Opportunity

The law firm of Laszynski & Moore is looking for a part-time office assistant (about 20 hours per week, ideally). Their words: "It doesn't have to be someone from Paralegal Studies, but it would be nice!"

Indeed.

If you're interested, let me know.

Bon Jour!

We appear to be a big hit in France. If you are reading this from France, tell my son I said Bon Jour! (He's in Blois, teaching English.)

Last week's stats:

United States	20
France	10
Germany	5
China	2
Chile	1
Netherlands	1