LGL 109 - Law Office Procedures II

5 Credits
Students study the role of the legal assistant and the importance of ethics and client confidentiality in today’s law offices. Students study techniques and procedures for managing meetings, making travel arrangements, and processing documents for mail, facsimile, e-filing, and/or courier transmission. Students also become familiar with time and billing procedures and with office supplies and equipment such as copiers, scanners and facsimile.

Course Outcomes

Demonstrate calendaring and docket control procedures and identify the requirements for effective calendaring of appointments and events and use a paper and electronic calendar program for scheduling per law firm, and/or NALS guidelines.
Find resources, describe procedures, and complete documents to assist lawyers with travel and meeting arrangements per general law office standards.
Identify and describe office equipment and supplies commonly found in a law office and explain procedures related to using copiers, scanners and facsimile equipment per general law office standards.
Demonstrate general knowledge of accounting terms and time and billing procedures used by attorneys and paralegals per instructor guidelines and NALS recommendations per law firm, and/or NALS guidelines.
Develop transferable and life-long learning skills and strategies such as note-taking, organizing and using web-based and written resources, assignments, handouts to self-regulate, self-monitor, and self-evaluate to enable the performance of legal assistant duties.
Process documents for mail, facsimile, e-filing, and courier transmission.