This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the IoP is supporting LawCare, the charity that provides help and advice for the legal sector. It is vitally important, particularly for those who work in a stressful environment, to take some time to look after themselves. We would like to share with you a fabulous poster from LawCare’s website- for good ...
Institute of Paralegals - Public Legal Education Information
Legal education in uk How Can Paralegals Help You (Consumers) During Covid-19? Most career Paralegals are still working. To check if they are available -check their website -call them -arrange a virtual meeting You can check the PPR register to find a Paralegal near you www.ppr.org.uk You should use Paralegals that are members of the Institute of Paralegals or members ...
Complimentary personal financial planning webinar
Financial planning webinars: We all need financial peace of mind. The coronavirus pandemic has quickly changed the way we live our everyday lives. And, while our main concern is safeguarding our own health and that of our loved ones and the wider community, many people are already feeling the financial impact of the situation. In these testing times we would ...
Covid-19 Survey Results
Thank you to all of our members who took part in the Covid-19 survey. You can see below the affect on these members’ businesses/jobs in the presentation below. Overall the survey results show what a resilient group our members are. We have taken note of the comments on what you want the IoP to focus on and will be addressing ...
Entering NPA'S awards
NPA Stands for National Paralegal Awards and to make it easy for you, we made a nice presentation showing you how you can enter it!
The Paralegal Profession in 2020 - Press Release
Paralegal Profession - The IOP In late 2019, TotallyLegal asked over 3,000 legal professionals about the details of their daily working lives for our Audience Insight Report. The responses we received included those from over 300 Paralegals who, at 9% of the total respondents, make up one of the largest groups in our audience. We looked deeper into the data ...
Covid-19 : What does the survival of your practice have to do with being a member of a professional body?
Institute of paralegals members iop Tim Kidd, Chief Executive of ILFM and Rita Leat, Chief Executive of the IoP ‘got together’ (by distance!) recently to discuss how their professional bodies could help their members to ensure that their practices, businesses and careers not only survive the disruption caused by the coronavirus but can actually improve their offering to their clients. ...
COVID-19: Furlough Letter
In light of some of our members requesting information about the government’s job retention scheme, we have prepared a furlough template letter that employers can use. In short, employers must write to their employees and get agreement that the employee is willing to accept that their position has been selected to become that of a furloughed employee. This is a ...
Coronavirus: CEO Message
In times of great uncertainty, I think it is imperative that we keep ‘talking’ albeit via blogs, e mails, facetime or any means that we have available to us. Many will feel isolated and the feeling of helplessness or despair can creep up on us at any time. Work for most people is not only a necessity financially but often ...
5 Tips on Taking Instructions Remotely
Taking instructions paralegal The IoP is operating business as usual during whilst observing government guidelines by working remotely. We understand that our paralegal members are concerned about the impact remote working may have on their businesses, especially for those who usually meet clients face to face to take instructions. During this period of uncertainty, we need to try and offer ...
