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

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Work Experience |
| May 2004 to
present |
Algonquin
College, Woodroffe Campus |
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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 |
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Technology and Media
Administrator, current and recent projects
include:
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Statistical analysis of
team performance
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Create and update content
for 3 websites and 3 blogs
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Create Facebook
application and online presence for
Twitter, Facebook, Posterous and other
Web 2.0 applications
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Recommend strategy for
marketing of new promotions, including
podcasting, email marketing, newspaper
ad, press release and online article
marketing
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Draft promotional contest
and related newslettee
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Voice recordings for
automated phone centre promoting special
reports and team information
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Create various videos
using Camtasia software for use on
YouTube and websites
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Implementation and
analysis of Web analytics for all
websites
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Create eBooks for cross
website promotions and user engagement
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Create web forms and
autoresponders as necessary for ongoing
online promotions
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| July 2007 to
present |
Ontario
Municipal & Real Estate Directory |
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Published
author of annually updated directory since
2007
- annually
updated resource for real estate law
professionals
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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
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current edition can be ordered at
http://www.asselingroup.com
or
http://www.OntarioMunicipalDirectory.com
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| December
2003 to present |
Committee
of Adjustment, Township of McNab-Braeside |
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Council-appointed member of the Committee of
Adjustment
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Review of applications for
severance and minor variance, including
site visits, preliminary hearings,
formal hearings and research into all
possible solutions
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Experienced workshop
presenter for the Ontario Association of
Committee of Adjustments and Consent
Authorities annual seminar in Arnprior
2006
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| January 2002
to December 2006 |
Eastern
Ontario Municipal & Real Estate Directory |
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Published
author of Eastern Ontario Municipal & Real
Estate Directory
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Annually updated resource
for real estate law professionals
including lawyers, law clerks,
paralegals, administrative assistants
and real estate agents
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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
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Last published edition can
be downloaded at
http://www.asselingroup.com/2006eastern.pdf
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| January 2000
to May 2002 |
McLean &
Moore, Barristers and Solicitors |
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Full-time
Law Clerk and Administrative Assistant
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Preparation and completion
of residential and commercial purchases,
sales, and refinances
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Various estate, corporate,
litigation, family and landlord and
tenant files
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Complete update of all
corporate minute books and creation of
corporate client database
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Instrumental in many
property conversions from PDFR to LTCQ
during Land Titles conversion process
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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
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| December
1992 to January 2000 |
Nelligan
O'Brien Payne LLP, Barristers and Solicitors |
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Full-time
Real Estate Law Clerk
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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
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| October 1990
to December 1992 |
Parent,
Carr, Barristers and Solicitors |
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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
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Publishing Credits |
| June 2010 |
Legal
Transcription in Canada, by Barbara
L. Asselin and Lynn M. Berry, Emond
Montgomery Publications |
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Associations |
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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 |
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Technical Abilities |
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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)
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Also, extensive experience
in many content management systems and online
computer programs and applications
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Maintain 3 personal
business websites and 3 supporting blogs
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