LEGAL 135 - Law Office Technology

5 Credits

Discusses basic and mid-level techniques and concepts, with a law office context, in five core programs: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook. Introduction to docketing systems, legal imaging techniques and electronic filing.

Pre-requisite(s) BSTEC 120 with min 2.0
FeesCF

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Evening
Spring Evening

Designed to Serve Students in Legal Studies program, pre-law students.
Active Date 20210403T10:09:19

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

From the context of a law office setting, apply: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Creation of PDF documents
Electronic filing
Understanding and Eliminating Metadata
Case management Software such as Abacus
Timekeeping Software such as TABS 3
Litigation support software such as Summation
Trial preparation software such as Smartdraw

Student Learning Outcomes
Create and edit legal documents with complex formatting, including legal briefs with tables of contents and authority, to court rule standards using MS Office software

Create and manage client records and accounts, to industry standards, using current law office management software such as Clio

Record and track law office time, to industry standards, using current legal timekeeping and billing software

Demonstrate ability to electronically file pleadings and other court documents in local state and federal courts using current court filing cloud-based portals, such as ECF/PACER

Create, manipulate, redact, and apply tracking numbers to legal records using PDF software, such as Adobe Acrobat, to industry standards

Manage electronically stored data as part of the discovery process in litigation, to industry standards, using Electronic Discovery tools such as Relativity

Accurately describe the function and uses of trial preparation and presentation software

Conduct on-line legal investigation and research to industry standards utilizing free on-line tools

Describe ethical issues in utilizing law office technology