PALE 222 Law Office Management – 3 hour credits – Approaches to the organization and efficient operation of the law office, management problems in the law office, office structures and systems, accounting and billing procedures, hiring, scheduling, and management of non-attorney personnel, information storage and retrieval systems, forms libraries, office equipment, management of the law office library, purchasing of law office supplies, client relations.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon a successful completion of this course, student will have and understanding of:
- The structure and organization of law offices
- Comprehensive and realistic view of how a law office functions
- Development of essential skills necessary to work efficiently in a law office
- Timekeeping
- Billing and financial management
- Docket control systems
- File and records management
- Law library organization and management
- Appreciation for maintaining ethical boundaries in the context of paralegal-client interaction