PowerPoint presentations are used in the courtroom, meetings and client presentations.  PowerPoint 2010 has added new features that can really jazz up your presentations.  This course will also provide tips on making effective presentations that apply to whatever version of PowerPoint you are using.  This course assumes some basic knowledge of PowerPoint and is not a “how to” course.
 
Kathy Miller, ACP, CAS is a Senior Litigation Paralegal at FedEx Express Legal Department in Irvine California.  She has over 30 years’ experience as a litigation paralegal.  She also teaches in the UC Irvine Extension Paralegal Certificate Program and currently teaches the following courses:  Software Applications for the Legal Environment and Technology Practicum.  Ms. Miller currently serves on NALA’s Certifying Board; she previously served as Region IX Director and CEC chair.
 

This program will walk paralegals through an initial consultation, providing cultural and ethical considerations for Spanish-speaking clients.  Paralegals will learn basic Spanish terminology to assist in setting an appointment and conducting a initial client interview.
 
Carla Valenzuela, CP, works with the international energy litigation practice of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. She contributes over 15 years of experience in civil litigation. With a Bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies and Political Science from the University of Texas, her foreign language skills add service value to the needs of the firm’s clients doing business in the Americas and around the world. Her professional memberships include NALA and local NALA affiliate, Houston Paralegal Association.
 

The course content will include the following subject matter: an overview of the general administrative appeals process; discussion of practical differences between federal and state employment; discussion of the application processes for both types of employers; and a discussion of the practical skills needed to work as an environmental paralegal.
 

Rebecca E. Patty currently serves as an Associate General Counsel for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, having served in that position since 1992.  As such, Ms. Patty conducts the negotiation and complex litigation of all types of administrative, civil, and personnel proceedings.  She also conducts legal research and opinion writing for the Department, supervising rulemaking and regulation adoption for the Land Division, prosecution of administrative orders to ensure environmental compliance, assistance in permit writing and rendering advice and counsel to the Land, Air, Water, and Coastal Divisions of the Department.  (RCRA, CWA, CERCLA).    In the past Ms. Patty has served as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the Department during public notice hearings on regulation changes.  Ms. Patty’s qualifications also include conducting defensive litigation on behalf of ADEM during appeals of terminated employees, and EEOC.
 
In 1987, Rebecca Patty received her B.A. degree in Political Science and English from Jacksonville State University.  She received her J.D. degree from the Cumberland school of Law in May, 1990.   She was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in September, 1990.  Ms. Patty is admitted to practice in the state and all federal courts in Alabama, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Courts and the United States Supreme Court.
 
Ms. Patty also is a distinguished professor having taught at Samford University, Troy University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Birmingham School of Law.

In 2008, Ms. Patty was awarded the Alumna of the Year award by Jacksonville State University for her career achievements and work with her alma mater.
 
In 2010 Ms. Patty published an article in September/October 2010 issue of Facts & Findings.  Ms. Patty also that year presented her first seminar for NALA Campus LIVE!