A passionate proponent of the paralegal profession and social media, Lynne promotes paralegal news, education, career development and community here at Practical Paralegalism. Her articles and posts have also appeared in print and online publications, including Paralegal Today, The Paralegal Educator, NALA's Facts & Findings, Oregon Law Practice Management Blog, ABA’s “Friday PMA Blog Roundup”, Institute for Paralegal Education, Paralegal Gateway, and many other national, state and local paralegal association newsletters.
Lynne is especially honored to co-host with Vicki Voisin, The Paralegal Mentor, the first monthly podcast for paralegals, The Paralegal Voice at Legal Talk Network. She was pleased to be invited by Lexis Nexis® to record the podcast, “Maximizing the Use of Paralegals,” available at no charge at the LexisNexis® Litigation Resource Center.
A frequent presenter at live and online paralegal and attorney CLE seminars, Lynne enjoys providing ongoing education in the areas of workers’ compensation, civil litigation, civil injuries, ethics, technology, and social media, and is working on several new ethics presentations, including "Old-Fashioned Ethics in a Newfangled World." She has presented for the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA), Institute for Paralegal Education (IPE), North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ), North Carolina Paralegal Association (NCPA), North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA), Guilford Paralegal Association (GPA), Raleigh-Wake Paralegal Association (RWPA), and Westwood College Online. She was honored to be the opening speaker and social media presenter for the Los Angeles Paralegal Association (LAPA) 2009 annual conference.
Lynne has an associate degree in Paralegal Technology, as well as a bachelor's degree in English Literature. A former adjunct paralegal instructor at Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for five years, she taught the civil injuries course, in addition to “Introduction to Paralegalism,” as well as family law and civil litigation classes. She has been an active member of several paralegal associations during her career, including serving on the Executive Board of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice (NCAJ) Legal Assistant Division many times, and is currently serving a three-year appointment to the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Paralegal Division Council, as well as serving as the current editor of the division's newsletter, Paralegal Perspectives.
Using the handle @ExpertParalegal, Lynne enjoys micro-blogging and providing educational,and technology links (as well as observations on the daily minutia of working as a paralegal and raising teen girls) via Twitter, and has been recognized in Rasmussen College’s “Top 100 Academic Law Twitter Feeds” and BestCollegesOnline.com’s “100 Top Twitter Feeds for Law Students.” She was also honored to be included among ParalegalGateway.com 2009 Superstars.
Lynne loves to talk about Twitter, RSS feed readers, paperless offices, and her iPad to anyone who will listen. She also loves to hear from other legal professionals and can be contacted as follows:
