Using Computers in the Law Office

✍ Scribed by Matthew S. Cornick

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 883
• Edition: 7
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This comprehensive, up-to-date guide to computer technology used by law office personnel covers basic computer concepts; software programs and applications, including Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, AbacusLaw, CaseMap, HotDocs, Summation iBlaze, Tabs3, TimeMap, TrialDirector, WestLaw Next, and Google Scholar; and topics such as electronic discovery, Internet legal/factual research, legal timekeeping and billing, litigation support software, case management and docket control software, mobile computing, document management, security, ethics, and the electronic courthouse.

✦ Table of Contents

Overview of computers in the law office --
Word processing and document assembly --
Spreadsheet software --
Legal timekeeping and billing software --
Databases, case management, and docket control software --
The cloud and social media --
Electronic discovery --
Litigation support software --
The Internet, computer-assisted legal research, and electronic mail --
The electronic courthouse, automated courtroom, and presentation graphics.

✦ Subjects

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