Guide to Wealth BuildingWritten by Will T
If you, like most people, have not seriously considered what steps you should take for planning your finances and are now planning on buying a house, getting married or having children, you will do well to read David Chilton's book 'The Wealthy Barber'. It will not matter if you have never heard of a mutual fund or even balanced your checkbook. If dry financial reading is not up your alley, you will STILL find 'the Wealthy Barber' easy reading. It will have you fluent in financial planning in weeks. The key to David Chilton's success with his book is that it is written as a story, rather than a manual. You follow three 30ish individuals as they build their financial houses from scratch. They get their information from one of most knowledgeable and financially secure individuals in town - barber. The gem of this story lies in fact that barber shows how income is not biggest factor in planning for financial prosperity - proper planning is. And you can have your own finances in order by reading and applying tasks he assigns his 'students' while they visit for their monthly trim. 'The Wealthy Barber' has been favorably commented on by newspapers and financial reviewers because it does not stress budget or a reduced standard of living. It is these steps which often sabotage best intentions of individuals. The sooner methods are applied, easier it will be to see their effects while maintaining your lifestyle, but it is always better to start now than not start at all.
| | Types of Program for Paralegal EducationWritten by Sara Jenkins
By background aspect, paralegals, also known as legal assistants, are those individuals who render assistance to lawyers in delivering legal services. Unless directed by their superior, they cannot practice or give legal advice to clients. For most states, this act is punishable or can be imposed with equivalent penalty to those persons caught in an unauthorized practice of law. By concise definition provided by National Association of Legal Assistants, legal assistants or paralegals, are a distinguishable group of persons who assist attorneys in delivery of legal services. A paralegal is qualified by his or her formal education, substantial trainings and experience in related practice, possessing extensive knowledge or expertise in field of legal system and procedural law. Necessity of legal assistants were started in 1960’s when practitioners and law firms decided it was high time to obtain assistance to improve efficiency and cost effective delivery of legal services. Later on, demands were still growing dramatically because of incessant increase in workload of lawyers basically because of equivalent upsurge of legal remedy-seekers. Because of mounting of paralegal necessity in field, different paralegal programs were provided by paralegal schools. Each paralegal school provides special courses in paralegal studies. Aside from paralegal studies, a paralegal has certain minimum requirements to meet that include paralegal training. Paralegal trainees receive adequate and reasonable instructions from lawyers or attorneys. Paralegal education programs are offered in several types of formats and lengths. An individual can have paralegal program of Associate degree, which also has options for students to choose from a two-year paralegal program, or four-year degree. A paralegal bachelor degree program is different from 4-year paralegal associate program in sense that bachelor programs were offered by 4-year colleges and universities and that student were awarded with a baccalaureate degree at end of program. Also, this type of paralegal program allows students to earn units both from minor, major, and major concentration in paralegal and related courses. Paralegal certificate programs grant an additional paralegal certificate to those who already earned paralegal degree. Another advanced degree in paralegal studies is paralegal master’s degree programs. Paralegal colleges and paralegal universities offer this paralegal program for an additional enhancement in student’s legal administration and legal studies expertise.
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