Legal Office Administration: Best Practices

The Legal Office Administration is a comprehensive course covering the broad range of topics such as courts, crime, and controversy, law and crime, state courts, family law, business law and real-estate law. The course provides a launching pad for a successful and promising career as a paralegal staff member.

CONTENT

The Law Office

• Ethical Considerations
• The Basics
• Client Relations
• Dealing With Mail
• File Management                      
• Use Of Technology (Excel)                   
• Skills that Every Legal Secretary Should Have

Billing

• How Attorneys Charge              
• Time and Cost Entries               
• Trust Accounts              
• Docket Administration

Preparing Legal Documents

• Basic Preparation
• Legal Citations
• The Law Library
• Document Management

Electronic Records Management

• Technology/Writing Skills
• Managing the paper-load and developing paperless systems
• Getting the best from office technology

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.