Practical Law Office Management (West Legal Studies) - Softcover

Roper, Brent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 141802970X ISBN 13: 9781418029708

Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning, 2006

Synopsis

This is a practical, hands-on text designed for paralegal courses that cover day-to-day law office management topics. The text focuses on such important topics as client relations and communication skills; legal fees, timekeeping, and billing; client trust funds and law office accounting; calendaring, docket control, and case management; legal marketing; and file and law library management. A demonstration version of Thomson’s Elite full featured ProLaw software, a deep time and billing, accounting, document management, and case management program, is included along with in depth software tutorials. Special features of this revision include an expanded focus on technology and ethics; up to date charts and graphs that present material in an easy to understand context; Internet sites and Internet exercises in each chapter; quotes from practicing legal assistants that provide current and real-life commentary; and an emphasis on hands-on, practical exercises including projects, cases, practical problems, and Excel tutorials for timekeeping and billing and trust accounting.

About this title

About the Author

Brent Roper has a J.D., and a M.B.A. from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. Over the pat 15 years he has published a number of textbooks and articles on law office computing and law office management.

Edition details

• Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 141802970X
• ISBN 13: 9781418029708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 528