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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 25: Roots

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant  It is hard to change any undesirable thing without looking at and understanding its fundamental components. For instance, with addiction, the issue is often not the behavior itself. The addiction is frequently covering up a…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 24: Legal reform

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant  As a legal assistant who is relatively wet behind the ears, my thoughts on legal reform will likely seem naïve. With that as a disclaimer, here are my thoughts on legal reform.  Legal reform is needed but some seem…
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Are Licensed Paralegal Practitioners a good idea?

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I just received and responded to a survey from Alyx Mark, assistant professor at Wesleyan University and a law and society scholar. After completing the survey, I sent this e-mail to Professor Mark: Professor Mark, I just completed your survey on the Utah…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 22: The Rule of Law

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant Rule of law. The restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.  My time as a legal assistant for a divorce attorney has been instructive and eye opening. One positive thing I…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 21: Never

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant I am still new at my job. I have only been a legal assistant since Summer of 2021, but I know for myself that I would never go to court representing myself. There is simply…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 20: Lawyers

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant My boss at the law firm where I work (Utah Family Law, LC) has informed me more than once that, “divorce lawyers are, with few exceptions, terrible people”. I am still not sure how I feel about assigning this description…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 19: Litigation

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant Litigation is not fun. It’s anything but fun. Now, I am not a lawyer and I have only been a legal assistant since this past summer, and that’s the sum total of my experience with…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 18

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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 18: Financial Declarations and Initial Disclosures By Quinton Lister, legal assistant My minimal exposure to the legal profession as a legal assistant to a divorce attorney has given me the opportunity…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 17: Fairness

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant Before I started working as a legal assistant I was a philosophy major at BYU. During that time I read a portion of John Rawls treatise on justice. Mr. Rawls sought to equate justice with fairness. I would try and…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 16: Self-awareness

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant This new experience working in the legal field has been full of unexpected lessons. One is that it really does help to be self-aware. What I mean by that is that so often the things we…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 15: Objections.

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By Quinton Lister, legal assistant I think one of the least understood facets of the legal system by lay people (like myself, a new legal assistant) is the concept of an objection in a trial. I have been to a…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 14: Preparedness and Honesty

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By Quinton Lister, Legal Assistant My new job as a legal assistant to a divorce attorney has opened my eyes to the necessity of preparation. There are emergencies and surprises that come up constantly in the practice of divorce and family…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 13: Thoughts on ADR

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By Quinton Lister, Legal Assistant Part of what has drawn me to my current position as a legal assistant to a divorce attorney is that I wanted to learn more about Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). In very basic terms, ADR…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 12: Perfection

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By Quinton Lister, Legal Assistant It doesn’t take a lawyer to discover, and it doesn’t take long to realize, that the legal profession is by no means perfect. The legal system is nowhere close to perfect either. So, why, as a…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 11: Something for nothing?

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By Quinton Lister, Legal Assistant Giving without expectation is one of the hardest things to do in this life. I often wonder in our capitalistic society why it is so important to do things for others with the expectation of…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 10: Divorce

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By Quinton Lister, Legal Assistant  I think most of the observations I am having as a new legal assistant are not groundbreaking, but my boss and I are learning that readers who are contemplating or going through divorce really like the observations of…
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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 7: You got to be tough

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Amicable Divorce, Divorce, Divorce Attorneys, Divorce Law, Divorce Lawyers, Family Law, Legal Assistant, Utah Law
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By Quinton Lister, Legal Assistant The practice of family law takes a thick skin. I haven’t been at the job long (and I’m just a legal assistant), but it’s obvious that you got to be tough to do this job well, even as a legal assistant. Divorce and domestic…
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