Fundamentals of Law Office Management: Systems, Procedures & Ethics - Softcover

Everett, Pamela I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766808815 ISBN 13: 9780766808812

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1999

Synopsis

This text for paralegal, legal secretarial, legal administration, and law students describes a legal environment and how the student fits into that environment. Through complete and easy-to-follow information, it familiarizes the student with procedures, system, and ethics that make law offices different from other industries. Structured to accommodate students who plan to work in a small law office, large law office, the government or a corporate legal department, this text uses skill oriented instruction in areas such as timekeeping, file management, document management, and library maintenance. A new chapter has been added dealing with paralegal ethics and client relations, and most chapters have an ethics section that illustrates the ethics of the subject matter. Each chapter includes a chapter summary, chapter illustration, and review, as well as examples for discussion, a self-test, and key words. There are a variety of assignments for students including written, oral, research, and group work. Key words: Docket managment

About this title

About the Author:

Pamela Everett Nollkamper has been teaching paralegals since 1979 in various colleges in the southern California area. In addition, she developed curriculum for paralegal programs and served on numerous Legal Assistant Advisory Committees. She has authored multiple textbooks and articles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0766808815
• ISBN 13: 9780766808812
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 639