Etiquette Legal Time Zones 
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. Why do we not use their full name? Or it is that we just dont know how to address them so revert to last names?
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
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Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 15, 2009
Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead. Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology.
Professional Assistant Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2008
Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. It is too easy to press Send and then regret what you have written or find yourself in some legal trouble. Be Angry but Send not!
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to.
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
They are legal-sized folders, because I like a lot of space, but letter size would work just as well. My boss will give me items that he wants brought forward on certain dates and I just put it in the appropriate month he wants it with a note on it with the date, and sometimes time, he needs it by and it is as simple as that.
Laughing all the Way to Work
DECEMBER 12, 2009
I am a young - 22 years old - legal secretary working in patent law with no professional experience whatsoever. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Patricia, I am continually impressed by how helpful your wonderful blog is.
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