[blindlaw] Blind Paralegal

[Darlene Olsen]

Dear William,
     I know of a couple of attorneys in the Napa Valley area of California 
that search for free-lance paralegals to complete workers compensation 
issues (under the direction of the attorney) and a friend that works 
free-lance as a immigration specialist for attorneys.  The Napa Emergency 
Women Services (NEWS) has a staff of three paralegals to assist in 
restraining orders for  battered women inemergency situations.If they are 
not available then free-lance would be needed.   (available 24 hours per 
day).
ABC Channel 7 News Station, San Francisco utilizes paralegals for the media 
coverage to prevent slander, litigation etc.
Sacramento State Capitol has on past occassions utilized paralegals for 
senat sub-committee hearings.  There is an agency with five office spread 
out through California representing people with disabilities in various 
areas of law.  Many of the staff are disabled.  They are called, "Disability 
Rights of California, 1000 Howe Ave., Sacramento, California, 95825
Queen of the Valley Hospital request the aid of paralegals from time e to 
time,  in Napa, California for patients.
I know one paralegal that has a Notary Public business that travels and 
charges accordingly.
Disability Services and Legal Center, Napa, California, 94558 could use a 
paralegal from time to time.  They have a staff of three attorney.  I 
strongly suggest that you be proactive and think out of the box.    Perhaps, 
you could   Leave a businesscard with the   law librarians to introduce you 
to other professional persons needing paralegals in a court house.  Napa has 
a local television station  that speaks to members of the area to showcase 
the skills of persons available to the community, (Channel 58).
Legal clinics could offer a great opportunity for employment.  Think Tanks, 
i.e. Brookings Institute.  Internet companies such as, Google. Microsoft, 
etc. may be interested in having a free-lance paralegal on staff.
The local college or university could use a paralegal for the paralegal 
classes that may need assistance from attorneys teaching classes.
There is an attorney that frequently hires paralegals for research topics. 
There are two attorneys in downtown Napa, California that use paralegals for 
many tasks, i.e.: mock trial weekend seminars, paralegals select a jury and 
research a script to offer each side the area of the case to win or lose.
 The Suscol Tribal Council has requested the knowledge of a paralegal for 
permit information or research to build on Native American land.     I have 
never had opportunity to wander into Texas.  Thus, please ignore if these 
suggestions do not stand up to the agency or opportunities available to you 
in that area of the United States.
Respectfully yours,
Darlene Olsen
Paralegal in Napa, California.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WB" <mruniverse08 at gmail.com>
To: "BlindLaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:45 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Blind Paralegal


> Hello All.
>
>
>
> Can anyone offer suggestions as to how to begin freelancing?  I have tried
> the obvious methods of offering to provide a set amount of free services 
> for
> a reference letter and/or referrals.  I've also contacted many of the old
> attorneys I've worked for with no luck.  I've only worked for two small
> firms and they are fully staffed or don't have enough work to allow me to
> do.  The other firms I've worked for are much larger and they do not
> outsource work and I did not have a close relationship with attorneys I
> worked for in order to get referrals.
>
>
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> My only other thought is to create some type of correspondence to the 
> local
> bar associations, which tend to have many of the smaller firm attorneys
> there, to offer the same deal I have to the attorneys I worked for.
>
>
>
> Any other suggestions?  I'm finding many people don't want to give a blind
> paralegal a second thought where I am.
>
>
>
> William
>
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