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My distinguished canvas by https://padlet.com/leth0015/ra1df5g4yfue Made with mirth en-us 2018-09-12 01:39:13 UTC 2018-09-12 01:43:50 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 4 - The firm's name is A&N&H LTD.Professionalism that our firm expects from employed paralegals:Firm - Employed paralegals relationship:1. Competence: the Paralegals employed by A&N&H LTD are only entitled to represent the firm's clients if they have obtained the paralegal license issued by LSUC and have minimum 2 years of practice within the scope of paralegal conducts as regulated by LSUC.The firm accepts to hire paralegals who are in a process of renewing paralegal licenses at the time the firm signs contract with them. However, the unlicensed and hired paralegals have responsibility to supplement their license no later than the last day of their probation period.Any misrepresentation of employed paralegal's qualifications is not tolerated and shall result in intermediate termination. 2. Conflict of Interest: the followings circumstances are subject to conflict of interests between the firm and employed paralegals:Employed paralegals work part-time for other paralegal firms with regardless of their areas of conduct.An employed paralegal represents a case where the opponent side of the case used to be his/her client. This circumstance may question the paralegal's obligation for solicitor-client privilege.3. Compliance: employed paralegals shall ensure the firm's policies and procedures are fully complied on daily basis. Employed paralegals have responsibility to learn and understand the firm's policies and procedures. He/she is expected to raise questions for clarification to any unclear policies or procedures. Employed paralegals have responsibility to comply with the firm's policies and procedures. Violations due to having no knowledge or accurate understanding of the policies and procedures are not an excuse and shall result in various disciplinary methods. Example: the firm requires employed paralegals to file all new cases in the filing system as well as to enter the case into client database within 3 days from the date of sending retain letter to the client. Paralegals who miss to take this action cannot claim that they do not know or understand this procedure. This is a key procedure that the firm provides to any newly employed paralegal. Employed paralegals are also expected to report any practice or behavior that does not conform to the firm's policies and procedures. Example: when two paralegals work on the same file, one may find another offer the services that go beyond the firm's policy, he/she shall report this matter to his/her direct supervisor as soon as the offer is made to the client. The sooner the correction is made to the client, the better the misunderstanding and potential conflicts are prevented. The firm's policies and procedures cover all LSUC requirements for paralegal conducts. Employed paralegals are expected to report any inconsistency or nonconformity between the firm's policies/procedures and LSUC requirements if they encounter any during their practice. Example: the management team has responsibility to update the policies and procedures to ensure its conformity with LSUC changes. If by some reasons such as under staffing or overload work, the team cannot catch up with the new requirements or changes from LSUC, employed paralegals may report or share their findings to the team on timely basis. This action does not only reflect paralegal's sense of responsibility to the firm, to their own practice in particular, but also to the Law Society and Paralegal profession as a whole. leth0015 https://padlet.com/leth0015/ra1df5g4yfue/wish/280160869 2018-09-12 01:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/leth0015/ra1df5g4yfue/wish/280160869