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Friday, 29 January 2010 00:00 |
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 Over 90 enthusiastic paralegal students and current paralegals attended the 2010 Career Night and Paralegal Student Dinner at the Red Lion Hotel In Seattle on Friday, January 29th. The evening began with a well attended Resume Review workshop, where students received personalized feedback in brief one-on-one reviews of their current resume from our panel of experts.
Socializing and a sit-down dinner began at 6 pm and there was plenty of electricity in the air as guests from several different paralegal programs were in attendance. Our six guest speakers presented short talks about different legal specialty areas, tips for networking and finding open positions, identifying transferable job skills to overcome lack of legal experience for new paralegals, proper interviewing preparation, and much more! Some fun door prizes helped add to the excitement.
Many thanks to our six guest speakers, Margaret Au, Mike Fuller, Shelly Langley, Amy Lechner, Richard Sherman and Allison Williams. Brian Haberly emceed the program. Special thanks go to Sue Beichley, WSPA VP of Membership who served as the 2010 Dinner Chair, worked with volunteers to help organize and promote the event, sent confirmation letters to our speakers, helped set up the Registration table and prepared name tags and greeted guests as they arrived.
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Friday, 23 October 2009 00:00 |
Washington's Biggest Paralegal Conference of the Year
The WSPA Fall 2009 CLE Conference at Seattle U Law School on Friday, October 23, 2009 was a great success! With over 90 registrants, 20 speakers, 12 breakout sessions, 7 exhibitors, delicious food, a moving Keynote speech on Pro Bono opportunities for paralegals, and a wonderful new venue at Seattle U Law School, everyone came away re-energized and excited about their profession. Photos from the Conference can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/WaStateParaAssociation/WSPA2009FallCLE# |
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Friday, 30 January 2009 00:00 |
What a Great Evening!
The 2009 Student Career Night and Dinner was held on Friday, January 30th at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle. The evening began with a Resume Review Clinic at 5 pm. Reviewers gave participants a short review of their resume and tips on how to improve them. At 6 pm, attendees sat down to a delicious meal, dessert and coffee served by the WAC's wonderful staff. Brian Haberly, WSPA President, started off the evening by welcoming the guests and sharing some fun door prizes with some lucky students in attendance from Edmonds CC, Highline CC, Skagit CC, Tacoma CC, UW Seattle and UW Tacoma. Click here for photos from the event or click on the image below.
 Andre Lang, an attorney and a legal placement specialist with Robert Half International was our first speaker and offered some great insights and tips about currently in demand practice areas, suggestions for job searching, and more.
Margaret Au, an Intellectual Property Paralegal at Microsoft, described her long career in both litigation and IP. After a short break, Brian touched on his experience as a Corporate and Securities paralegal at Starbucks.
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