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Legal Transcription in Canada
Barbara L. Asselin & Lynn M. Berry
Emond Montgomery Publications, 2010

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BARB ASSELIN

 
Work Experience
May 2004 to present Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus
  Part-time professor of Paralegal, Law Clerk and Office Administration - Legal programs
  • Real Estate Procedures (real estate theory and software)
  • Legal Document Production I and II (includes wills and estates, real estate, corporate, family and litigation areas of law)
  • Legal Transcription and Legal Research
  • Client Relations for Law Clerks
  • Legal Computer Applications (includes many areas of law as they apply to Blackboard, Outlook 2007, Powerpoint 2007 and MS Word 2007)

Techniques include lectures, class participation activities, online activities, and computer lab exercises

Technological techniques include the use of surveys, online tests, wikis and Camtasia videos

January 2007 to present The Renaud Otten Team, Real Estate Brokers
  Technology and Media Administrator, current and recent projects include:
  • Statistical analysis of team performance
  • Create and update content for 3 websites and 3 blogs
  • Create Facebook application and online presence for Twitter, Facebook, Posterous and other Web 2.0 applications
  • Recommend strategy for marketing of new promotions, including podcasting, email marketing, newspaper ad, press release and online article marketing
  • Draft promotional contest and related newslettee
  • Voice recordings for automated phone centre promoting special reports and team information
  • Create various videos using Camtasia software for use on YouTube and websites
  • Implementation and analysis of Web analytics for all websites
  • Create eBooks for cross website promotions and user engagement
  • Create web forms and autoresponders as necessary for ongoing online promotions
July 2007 to present Ontario Municipal & Real Estate Directory
  Published author of annually updated directory since 2007
  • annually updated resource for real estate law professionals
  • Includes all municipalities in the Province of Ontario as well as Registry Offices, Gas Authorities, Hydro Authorities, Conservation Authorities, municipal amalgamations, and geographic list of all Counties, Regions, and Districts
  • current edition can be ordered at http://www.asselingroup.com or http://www.OntarioMunicipalDirectory.com
December 2003 to present Committee of Adjustment, Township of McNab-Braeside
  Council-appointed member of the Committee of Adjustment
  •  Review of applications for severance and minor variance, including site visits, preliminary hearings, formal hearings and research into all possible solutions
  • Experienced workshop presenter for the Ontario Association of Committee of Adjustments and Consent Authorities annual seminar in Arnprior 2006
January 2002 to December 2006 Eastern Ontario Municipal & Real Estate Directory
  Published author of Eastern Ontario Municipal & Real Estate Directory
  • Annually updated resource for real estate law professionals including lawyers, law clerks, paralegals, administrative assistants and real estate agents
  • Includes all municipalities in Eastern Ontario, condominium management companies for all condominium corporations in Eastern Ontario as well as Registry Offices, Title Searchers and municipal amalgamations
  • Last published edition can be downloaded at http://www.asselingroup.com/2006eastern.pdf
January 2000 to May 2002 McLean & Moore, Barristers and Solicitors
  Full-time Law Clerk and Administrative Assistant
  • Preparation and completion of residential and commercial purchases, sales, and refinances
  • Various estate, corporate, litigation, family and landlord and tenant files
  • Complete update of all corporate minute books and creation of corporate client database
  • Instrumental in many property conversions from PDFR to LTCQ during Land Titles conversion process
  • All aspects of Administrative Assistant position, including, but not limited to, reception, receiving telephone calls, meeting with clients, banking, rendering legal accounts, accounts payable and receivable, maintaining professional office atmosphere, maintaining lawyers’ schedules, and records management
December 1992 to January 2000 Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP, Barristers and Solicitors
  Full-time Real Estate Law Clerk
  • Residential and commercial purchases, refinances and sales
  • Mortgage remedies
  • Estate transactions
  • Builder sales and subdivision work
  • Various special projects involving litigation database creation
  • Monthly reporting to clients
  • Monthly accounting to clients
  • Staff representative, acting as liason between co-workers and management
  • Training of new real estate clerks in firm software and procedures
  • Manage workload from up to eight different lawyers
October 1990 to December 1992 Parent, Carr, Barristers and Solicitors
  Full-time Legal Administrative Assistant
  • Accounts payable and receivable
  • Payroll, billing, docket and disbursement posting
  • All facets of family, estate, civil and real estate law, including drafting, preparing and registering all court documents
Publishing Credits
June 2010 Legal Transcription in Canada, by Barbara L. Asselin and Lynn M. Berry, Emond Montgomery Publications
Associations
Education
Present Currently enrolled in Algonquin College's Web Developer program (7 of 9 courses completed)
May 2010 Graduate of Writing for Children and Teenagers certificate program through the Institute of Children’s Literature in West Redding, CT, USA
May 2001 Graduate of the Municipal Administration Program (M.A.P.) through the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario
March 1997 Graduate from the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario Law Clerk certificate program
June 1986 Honors Graduate from Simonds High School in Saint John, New Brunswick
Technical Abilities
  • Blackboard, MS Office Professional including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Project, Publisher, and FrontPage, as well as Teraview, The Conveyancer, Lawyer Done Deal, Divorcemate, Summation, and PCLaw (relevant but not exhaustive list)
  • Also, extensive experience in many content management systems and online computer programs and applications
  • Maintain 3 personal business websites and 3 supporting blogs

 


 

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