Guest Blog | How to Boost Your Professional Reputation as a paralegal
How To Boost Your Professional Reputation as a paralegal By Francine Ryan, lecturer in law and member of the Open Justice Centre at The Open University. Brands and branding are usually associated with big companies like Google, Apple, Coca Cola, or McDonald’s, but it is increasingly common to think of our workplace persona as being a brand, but […]
ALA Winter Bulletin | How an Inclusive Legal Services Sector Can Better Serve Customers
Announcement | NALP Achieves CPD Status for its Courses
NALP Training Achieves CPD Status for its Courses NALP Training trading as National Paralegal College are proud to announce that we have recently achieved accredited CPD Status with the CPD Standards Office. The following courses now have a CPD status and will be recognised as part of your Continued Professional Development: 1. Professional Legal Skills: […]
Interview with NALP Higher Diploma Graduate | Gabriel Osmar
We had the pleasure of catching up with Gabriel Osmar LLB who recently graduated from The University of East London and received the NALP Higher Diploma in Paralegal Practice. What is the NALP Higher Diploma? The NALP Higher Diploma is available to Undergraduates studying Law at 7 Universities across England. The Higher […]
Why qualifying as a Paralegal is the only career option for those wanting to enter the legal service profession
Published in the Education Magazine in September 2018. Read it here
Paralegal Training | Regulated vs Unregulated Qualifications
When you are looking at taking a qualification, what do you look for? It depends why you want the qualification really. For instance, if you want to learn how to decorate a cake for your nephew’s birthday, you might be perfectly happy to do an online course, or one run by a local cake […]
Paralegal Job | Shell
NALP's Paralegal qualifications and training are highly regarded and valued within the legal sector. Many employers look to NALP Training for it's dedicated Paralegal Qualifications, accredited by Ofqual, ensuring the highest standard of training for Paralegals in the UK. Shell are hiring a Paralegal to join their team in Aberdeen, they are looking for indiviuals with NALP […]
CEO Update | Published Chapter in The Evolving Role of the Professional Support Lawyer
I was recently approached to write a chapter on Paralegal Professionals for a book published by the Ark Group. The book was published in September this year. “The Evolving Role of the Professional Support Lawyer” “deep dive into the Evolving Role of the PSL: featuring contributions from current PSLs, it provides up-to-the-minute intelligence from an […]
Simply Law Jobs | What is a Paralegal and when should you hire one?
What is a paralegal? What’s the difference between a paralegal and a solicitor, and when might it make sense to use one? A Paralegal is legally trained and educated to perform legal tasks and offer legal assistance, but is not a qualified solicitor. However, a Paralegal can do virtually everything that a solicitor can do, […]
Licensed Paralegals – Advice on Holding out and Reserved Activities
Because the Paralegal Sector is not statutorily regulated, in effect, anyone can call themselves a paralegal whether or not they are qualified, trained, educated or affiliated to a professional membership body such as NALP. The potential dangers to the general public are therefore considerable. National Paralegal College's CEO Amanda Hamilton discusses the importance of […]