Synopses & Reviews
LEGAL OFFICE PROJECTS is designed to utilize a project-based approach to completing legal office activities that involve legal document preparation, layout, formatting, Internet research, and transcribing. The setting for the projects is a law firm where the student serves as a floating legal assistant for a number of diverse individuals practicing various types of law. The projects allow a hands-on approach to legal document preparation.
About the Author
Diane Gilmore is an active member of the medical transcription profession. She has been a medical transcriptionist for more than 14 years and is the author of two medical transcription books. Currently Ms. Gilmore works as the Director of Education and Instructor of Med-Line School of Medical Transcription, a national medical transcription educator located in Arizona. Ms. Gilmore has been a member of the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) since 2004, has been a certified medical transcriptionist (CMT) since 2005 and received the designation of Fellow of AHDI in 2008. Diane has served as President of her local AHDI chapter, conducting membership drives, organizing symposiums and chapter meetings, and serving as editor of the chapter newsletter. She is currently a working transcriptionist for a large medical transcription company and stays current with trends related to the profession. In addition, Diane has 25 years of legal assistant experience and has written two textbooks related to the legal profession as well as having served in various offices and committees in that field. She has been an invited speaker at regional and national legal support staff events about computers and technology.
Table of Contents
Welcome Memo. Job Description. Organizational Chart. Getting Started. Transcription Procedures. Forms List for Transcription CD. Project 1: General Office Procedures. Project 2: Legal Office Accounting. Project 3: Legal Document Preparation. Project 4: Opening File Procedures. Project 5: Estate Planning. Project 6: Preparation of Complaint and Summons. Project 7: Preparation of Real Estat Documents. Project 8: Preparation of Discovery Documents. Project 9: Preparation of Criminal Defense Documents. Project 10: Preparation of Trial Documents. Project 11: Preparation of Corporate Documents. Project 12: Appellate Procedures. Case Study I: Commencement of the Action. Case Study II: Discovery Procedures. Case Study III: Other Divorce Issues. Case Study IV: Concluding Documents.