Legal Office Procedures


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"The text takes students step-by-step through start-to-finish legal files and also outlines the rationale, background, and substantive law behind these procedures, giving students a true glimpse inside a busy and dynamic legal office environment. Designed for Canadian college-level law clerk, paralegal, and legal office programs, the text uses a writing style that is concise, easy to follow, and ideal for students new to the subject."--




Legal Office Projects


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This work discusses duties performed by a legal assistant, including legal text document composition (complaint and summons, estate planning, real estate, discovery, criminal defense, trial, corporate, appellate document forms), case studies (commencement of the action, discovery procedures, divorce issues, concluding documents, etc.), and other general legal office procedures (accounting, etc.).




Legal Office Procedures


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A market-leader, Legal Office Procedures, Seventh Edition offers a logical, step-by-step introduction to the terminology, basic legal concepts, and legal procedures required to work in a contemporary law office. Using input from practicing legal professionals, the text discusses various areas of the law, contains the most up-to-date forms, emphasizes technology-driven innovations and includes new photographs and illustrations throughout. In-text projects, cases and assignments give readers practice with document preparation, contemporary procedures, and order and sequencing. An accompanying CD-ROM and Web site support the text and help prepare and train students for their career as competent legal office professionals.




Legal Office Procedures


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A total concepts/application learning experience! Action Prepare commonly used legal documents and complete projects involving data from actual cases. Build the skills for a successful career in a law office! Practice Practice supported by documents on disk to save keying time. Visit www.prenhall.com/legal studies www.prenhall.com/business studies




Model Rules of Professional Conduct


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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.




Law Office Policies, Procedures, and Operations Manual


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"This manual contains all the information you need to prepare your own staff manual, regardless of the size of your firm"--




Law Office Policy & Procedures Manual


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This manual helps medium and large law firms increase productivity by providing a model manual for law office policies and procedures. The book, an updated and expanded version of the previous (fourth) edition, is divided into seventeen sections, covering such topics as law office organization, management, and administration, support personnel, office polices, personnel policies and benefits, office security and emergency procedures, financial management, file systems, technology, and communications systems. The book contains numerous sample forms and documents, as well as extensive bibliographies. A CD containing the entire text of the manual is included, allowing customization of the manual for particular user needs.




United States Attorneys' Manual


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Legal Division Handbook


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"The mission of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) is to serve as the federal government's leader for and provider of world-class law enforcement training.