Re: Survival Skills for New Paralegals
Posted by Lisa Newman on 1/02/08

Thanks for your reply. Offering a workshop strictly focusing
on legal software is an excellent idea. One that I had not
thought of until I read your post. I will definitely give that
serious consideration. If you want to get some exposure to the
different kinds of case management, litigation support, and
timekeeping software out there, you may want to visit the
various company sites. Many of them offer free trial software
good for 30 days you can download on your home PC to
familiarize yourself with the programs. Also, quite a few of
them offer online tutorials with real-time simulations of how
to use their products.

In the Law Office Technology course I taught, I used a
textbook written by Brent D. Roper entitled "Using Computers
in the Law Office." I can't recall the name of the publisher
right now, but try doing a search on Google. The book includes
multiple disks of trial software --- Summation, PC Law, Amicus
Attorney, Case Map, and Time Map. It also includes tutorials
on how to use the software. Hope this helps. If you have any
other questions, you can email me at
info@marigoldconsulting.com.

Good luck!

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Survival Skills for New Paralegals, 12/17/07, by Lisa M. Newman.
• Re: Survival Skills for New Paralegals, 1/01/08, by Stunted paralegal.
• Re: Survival Skills for New Paralegals, 1/02/08, by Lisa Newman.