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The Paralegal Voice: Spotlight on William P. Statsky

By Lynne DeVenny

The latest edition of The Paralegal Voice, ?Spotlight on William P. Statsky: A True Expert on Paralegals? co-hosted by Vicki Voisin and me, is now available at Legal Talk Network.

We welcome William ?Bill? Statsky, one of the foremost experts on paralegals in the country and the author of numerous paralegal and legal writing textbooks. Bill talks about the importance of a paralegal?s writing skills, legal research, technology today, blogging and the future of the paralegal profession.

Also in this episode:

• Bill's career before he started writing textbooks
• The early days of the paralegal profession
• The biggest change in the profession over the past 40 years
• The future of the profession
• Advice for prospective paralegals
• How to keep your writing skills sharp
• Practice and social media tips from Vicki and Lynne

Page URL: http://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/paralegal-voice/2010/09/spotlight-on-william-p-statsky-a-true-expert-on-paralegals/

MP3Link: http://websrvr82il.audiovideoweb.com/ny60web16519/LTN/PLV/PLV_090810_ExpertParalegals.mp3

Internet resources referenced in the podcast:

• Bill Statsky?s blog, http://statsky.blogspot.com/
• Bill?s blog at Paralegal Gateway, http://paralegalgateway.com/category/pg-weblog/bill-statsky/
• Bill?s books at Delmar Cengage Learning, http://www.delmarlearning.com/browse_quicksearch.aspx?search=statsky
• Paralegal Today Listserv, http://www.legalassistanttoday.com/lat-forum/default.htm
• Paralegal Gateway Yahoo! Group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paralegalgateway/
• Paralegals Yahoo! Group, http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/Paralegals/?v=1&t=directory&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=dir&slk=2
• The Odelia Grey Mystery Series, http://www.sueannjaffarian.com/page9.html

The Paralegal Voice also thanks its sponsors: Westlaw Deposition Services and the National Association of Legal Assistants.

If you enjoyed The Paralegal Voice, please share the link to the podcast with your friends and colleagues.

Do you have a request for a future show or a question for us? You are welcome to contact us at TheParalegalVoice@gmail.com

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P.S. I admit I went quite daft at the prospect of interviewing Bill, because he's like a paralegal educator rock star. But the first paralegal textbook I ever bought, way back in 1988, was Introduction to Paralegalism, sometimes referred to in our intro class as "The Statsky". I begged and begged and begged him to be on the show, and then when he agrees, I'm like a groupie goofball, "Bill, OMG, can I have your autograph? Bill, OMG, you read my blog? Are we, OMG, really talking to THE STATSKY? You've sold, OMG, HOW MANY paralegal textbooks?" Anyway, you get the picture and he was completely cool about the whole pedestal thing, and this has to be my fave podcast ever (even though I got my own email address wrong).

Full post as published by Practical Paralegalism on September 14, 2010 (boomark / email).