STAR is coming to Sonoma!!!  The Society for the Technological Advancement of Reporting is putting on a three-day seminar October 15-17, 2009 in wine country.  As the co-chair of the event, I can assure you that the seminars are worth the money.   It’s definitely a great place to learn more about Stenograph’s CATalyst Version 10.  If you want more info, visit www.staronline.org.

Thanks to Leslie Larson, CLA, from the Law Offices of Young & Nichols, the session I attended entitled “Ethics for Paralegals,” provided a very interesting look at common occurrences facing paralegals and the decisions they have to make every day related to ethics and professional behavior. Leslie did a great job!

Occupying positions of trust, much like lawyers, paralegals are required to observe specific language of ethic rules and embrace the spirit of those rules.

The following is Ethics Defined:

Ethics are standards by which conduct is measured.

A professional is held to a higher ethical standard than is an average person.

Professional ethics are governed by a set of written rules (a code) that establish limits of permissible conduct in the professional contacts with others.

Ethics enhance the integrity of a profession.