As the Legal Intelligencer coordinator for the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals, I am responsible for collecting and placing articles on the Paralegals Page of The Legal. Some months I find myself scrambling for articles, and other months I am provided with various contributions. I have never contributed an article for which I have been credited as the solo author, but now, serving as the 2010 president for the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals, I have been tasked with drafting my first “Message from the President.”

As a paralegal, I often undertake various research projects. This is one of the many parts of my job that I love. Accordingly, for my first message, I went to the PAP office to research older editions of The Philadelphia Forum .