Paralegal Career For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Appendix B

What You’ll Find Online

A bonus feature of this book is the online material, which you can access for free at www.dummies.com/go/paralegalcareer2e. Here you can find all kinds of documents, links, and tools that you’ll find useful in your paralegal career.

These files are in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word formats:

• Adobe Reader: Adobe Reader is a freeware application for viewing files in the Adobe Portable Document format. Download it free at www.adobe.com.
• Microsoft Word: You can download a free basic version of Word at www.office.com even if you don’t have Microsoft Word.

Documents Online

In this appendix, we let you know what you’ll find on the website. The following sections are arranged by category and provide a summary of what you’ll find online.

Paralegal associations

National and State Paralegal Associations and Related Organizations (ParalegalAssoc.pdf): You're bound to find an organization to join with this comprehensive list of national, state, and local paralegal associations.

Job search

Sample Cover Letter (CoverLetter.pdf): Here’s a sample of a professional cover letter you can use to introduce yourself to prospective employers.

Sample Resume Highlighting Skills (ResumeSkills.pdf): This sample resume is best used when you have more education than you do law office experience.

Sample Resume Highlighting Employment (ResumeEmployment.pdf): This file gives you an example of a resume to use if you have more law office experience than you do advanced education. ...