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Using Computers in the Law Office (West Legal Studies Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Brent D. Roper
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 343180
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Pages: 704
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 1401809421
Dewey Decimal Number: 340.0285
EAN: 9781401809423
ASIN: 1401809421
Publication Date: August 7, 2003
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Product Description
Computer proficiency is required of all legal assistants in order for them to make considerable contributions in their professional settings. Using Computers in the Law Office provides the critical, up-to-date information needed to gain such skills. Important topics covered include Internet legal/factual research, legal timekeeping and billing, litigation support software, and case management and docket control software. And, recognizing that utilizing new-age technology leads to higher organization and productivity, the author has included thorough discussions on mobile computing, document management, security, ethics, the electronic courthouse and many other trends in legal computing.
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 For beginners May 12, 2007
All-access Customer (Chicago, IL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this book for a class (legal technology) which turned out to be as remedial as this book. While I believe it could be very useful for someone who is not used to navigating a computer, it really insults the intelligence of those of us who have grown up with technology. This book does have a few useful tips that clarify certain aspects of Concordance and other legal programs, but I find it easier to explore an unfamiliar program on my own without the tedious step-by-step process Roper uses in his lessons.
Informative, but..... November 6, 2006
M. PYLE
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchaed this book for a Paralegal class. I had two very bad experiences with the book. First, the first copy I received had no Appendix in it, so I had to send it back. It was unfortunate, as I needed the Appendix to do an assignment. Secondly, the software that was provided was expired when I tried to load it into my laptop to do homework. I called the publishing company and they promised to send me a new disk; two weeks later and I still have not received it.
I will keep it as a reference source, but I hope that another book will be written for future students. If you do not need it for a class, PLEASE look for another book.
 Great learning tool March 23, 2005
Brian Stewart (Chicago, IL)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book for a legal assistant class and I enjoyed it. I learned a lot. It's hard to learn computers from a book - but not this one. The book comes with software and has tutorials and exercises that accompany the software. My class also liked the fact that there are tons of practical applications for how computers are actually used by practicing paralegals and legal secretaries in the book. Also, when it comes to litigation support - one of the most difficult legal computer applications to master - it was fantastic. It comes with three different litigation support programs, including Summation. Summation is fairly involved to learn and the book, tutorials, exercises and software did a good job of teaching this to me. I am confident now in my ability to do basic litigation support. The chapter on using the Internet to do legal and factual research was also excellent.
 I would definately buy this again! March 18, 2005
Tara Peterson (San Diego, CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is essential for anyone working in a law office. Computers are used in nearly every aspect of working in a law firm. The book is huge - nearly 700 pages - and it covers every main type of program used in a law office. It comes with software, and lots of exercises and I thought it was very easy to read and straight forward. It covers hard topics like litigation support and Access databases in a way that I could understand without totally going over my head. The book covers both entry level and advanced topics. For example in the word processing chapter the Word tutorial had 7 lessons that got progressively more difficult, starting with basic word processing and ending with mail merges and creating tables of authorities.
Highly Recommended March 14, 2005
J. White (New York)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I think this is a fabulous book. It comes with demonstration versions of 5 legal software programs including three litigation support programs, a time and billing program and a case management program. There were a number of in-depth, hands-on exercises for each program, so I really got to learn about each type of program by using it. Also, although I have used Access, Word, Excel and Powerpoint before, I liked the fact that there were in-depth exercises for learning legal applications for each of these programs. This is a very practical book.
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