NCJ Number
57986
Editor(s)
A A CAIN,
J FISHER,
M KRAVITZ
Date Published
1979
Length
43 pages
Annotation
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH ABSTRACTS DOCUMENTS THE VARIOUS PARALEGAL WORK SETTINGS--POLICE, COURTS, PRISONS--AND PROVIDES CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATORS WITH INFORMATION SOURCES ABOUT THIS GROWING OCCUPATIONAL FIELD.
Abstract
CONTAINING DOCUMENTS SELECTED FROM THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFERENCE SERVICE DATA BASE, THE BIBLIOGRAPHY CITES 51 BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND REPORTS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1971 AND 1978 ON THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARALEGALS. THE CITATIONS ARE PRESENTED ALPHABETICALLY IN THREE SECTIONS THAT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CAREER PARALEGALS AND OTHER PERSONS SERVING IN PARALEGAL CAPACITIES, SPECIFICALLY STUDENT INTERNS AND INMATE PARALEGALS. THE MATERIAL ON CAREER PARALEGALS DESCRIBES THE RULES, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE PARAPROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT. PROGRAMS THAT USE PARALEGALS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED. SUBSEQUENT DOCUMENTS EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE AND PLACEMENT OF LAW STUDENTS IN PARALEGAL POSITIONS AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING AND ADDRESS THE ROLE, TRAINING, AND IMPACT OF 'JAILHOUSE' LAWYERS--INMATES WHO STUDY LEGAL PROCEDURES AND ADVISE OTHER INMATES ON SUCH MATTERS AS APPEALS, POSTCONVICTION REMEDIES, HABEAS CORPUS, COMMUTATION PETITIONS, AND DISPOSITION PETITIONS FOR UNTRIED INDICTMENTS. A LIST OF DOCUMENT SOURCES IS PROVIDED, ALONG WITH NCJRS DATA BASE ACCESSION NUMBERS AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE MATERIAL FROM NCJRS.