TOPICS DEALT WITH:
Different types of paralegals
Role of paralegals
Communication skills necessary for a paralegal including: interviewing, listening, taking a statement, affidavits, referrals, letter-writing
Administrative skills necessary for a paralegal including: filing, bookkeeping, running meetings, time management, report-writing, working with media
Development skills necessary for a paralegal including: conflict resolution skills, facilitating educational workshops
Establishing an advice centre, including: constitutions, electing a managing body, budgets, employing people
Registering as a non-profit organisation (NPO) under the NPO Act
Evaluating activities in the Advice Centre
THE PARALEGAL MANUAL CAN BE ORDERED FROM:
ETU
PO BOX 261604
2023
Excom
Telephone: (011) 648 9430
Fax: (011) 648 2054
SPECIAL THANKS GO TO THE STAFF AND RESOURCES OF:
The Black Sash
For FREE Paralegal support and advice:
HELPLINE: 072 663 3739
EMAIL: help@blacksash.org.za