Course Description
| Course Title: |
Introduction to the Law Office |
| Course Number: |
PA 2215 |
| Credits: |
2 semester credits |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Recommendations: |
This course cover the nuts and bolds of a law
office and is truly for students who are beginning in the paralegal
field. Student may visit a law office, enjoy guest speakers, and
prepare for a mock trial.
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| Catalog Description: |
Examines the general practices of the law office.
This course is designed for students who have had no experience
working in a legal office. Topics covered include ownership and
management patterns that exist among lawyers in various forms of
practice, legal ethics, law office personnel, law office technology,
law office marketing and long-range planning, law office systems,
law office financial and document management, and docket control
systems. |
| Outcomes: |
Students will be able to:
- Explain, analyze and evaluate the organization, management and
operation of a law office.
- Recall, interpret and analyze the basic rules of legal
professional responsibility, ethics, confidentiality, and risk
management.
- Explain how the law office operates, including the areas of human
resources, practice development, legal advertising, and financial
management.
- Describe and interpret the use of substantive and administrative
systems, office automation, and records, files and library
management.
- Explain, organize and apply the use of law office technology
including legal research systems, email, and the Internet.
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| Topics Covered: |
- Legal Marketplace (6 Hours)
- Legal Team (2 Hours)
- Legal Fees (2.5 Hours)
- Timekeeping (2 Hours)
- Billing (2.5 Hours)
- Records Management (2.5 Hours)
- File Management (2 Hours)
- Docket Control Systems (2.5 Hours)
- Law Office Systems (2 Hours)
- Library Management (1.5 Hours)
- Ethics (4 Hours)
- Job Search Techniques (2.5 Hours)
Total Semester Hours: 32.0 Hours |
| Course Objectives: |
To provide the student with a basic understanding
of legal ethics as well as organization, operation and management of
a law office.
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| Outcomes Measures: |
Some but not all of the following methods of
evaluation may be used in this course:
- class participation
- movie review
- written or oral projects(s)
- midterm exam
- final exam
The final grade will be a letter grade (A-F). |
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