Erin Brockovich: Paralegal Education
Ms. Brockovich did not have a paralegal education. What skills did she have to develop and hone on her own without the formal education?
Erin Brockovich, had no formal skills whatsoever. She had to develop professional skills, she had to learn how to dress, how to present herself in a professional manner, and how to not be so vulgar when speaking.
Which jobs or what aspects of her education do you think assisted her in developing these skills?
Being that Erin was savvy enough to get a job at a law firm as a filing clerk. She opened the door for herself, to be able to hone in on her analytical legal skills. Also, her job presented her with the opportunity to read documents carefully so that she could better learn her job. Furthermore, Erin was already set up with the right skills to succeed she just needed this opportunity to utilize those skills and make them better.
PART 2
The case Brockovich worked on …show more content…
Erin Brockovich exposed a connection between real estate documents and medical records. The real estate documents showed PG&E's purchase of multiple pieces of Hinkley property. Further, there was evidence that 75% of the houses and buildings that PG&E bought were destroyed due to the company’s response to vandalism. These records caught Brockovich’s attention due to the fact that they were filed with medical records indicating respiratory problems experienced by Hinkley residents. Brockovich believed that PG&E was covering up some sort of contamination by buying and destroying the properties. Upon further investigation, she discovered additional documents that exposed that on December 7, 1987 officials from PG&E advised the State of California they had detected levels of hexavalent chromium (chrome 6) in a groundwater monitoring well north of the compressor station's waste water ponds. The levels were ten times greater than the maximum amount allowed by
Erin Brockovich, had no formal skills whatsoever. She had to develop professional skills, she had to learn how to dress, how to present herself in a professional manner, and how to not be so vulgar when speaking.
Which jobs or what aspects of her education do you think assisted her in developing these skills?
Being that Erin was savvy enough to get a job at a law firm as a filing clerk. She opened the door for herself, to be able to hone in on her analytical legal skills. Also, her job presented her with the opportunity to read documents carefully so that she could better learn her job. Furthermore, Erin was already set up with the right skills to succeed she just needed this opportunity to utilize those skills and make them better.
PART 2
The case Brockovich worked on …show more content…
Erin Brockovich exposed a connection between real estate documents and medical records. The real estate documents showed PG&E's purchase of multiple pieces of Hinkley property. Further, there was evidence that 75% of the houses and buildings that PG&E bought were destroyed due to the company’s response to vandalism. These records caught Brockovich’s attention due to the fact that they were filed with medical records indicating respiratory problems experienced by Hinkley residents. Brockovich believed that PG&E was covering up some sort of contamination by buying and destroying the properties. Upon further investigation, she discovered additional documents that exposed that on December 7, 1987 officials from PG&E advised the State of California they had detected levels of hexavalent chromium (chrome 6) in a groundwater monitoring well north of the compressor station's waste water ponds. The levels were ten times greater than the maximum amount allowed by