LEGA 2220 - Computerized Litigation Support Concepts (CLSC)

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives: The student will:

1. Explore law office computer technology.
2. Define law office computer technology.
3. Review distinctions between computer hardware and computer software.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to utilize the most popular litigation support applications available on the market today for managing case files.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the most popular litigation support applications available on the market.
2. Implement guidelines for working with case management and docket control programs to manage and control a legal organization’s case loads and tasks to be completed and scheduled.
3. Distinguish between case management and docket control programs for managing and controlling a legal organization’s caseloads and tasks to be completed and scheduled.
4. Analyze the importance of timekeeping, billing, and various types of legal fee agreements.
5. Use the litigation support applications to expedite the timekeeping and billing process.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to build case structures, strategies, and database design considerations for searching and extracting information from the database.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Identify the fundamental elements of database design.
2. Apply the fundamental elements of database design in a legal environment.
3. Define case structures, strategies, and database design considerations for searching and extracting information from the database.
4. Distinguish between case structures, strategies, and database design considerations for searching and extracting information from the database.
5. Organize case structures, strategies, and database design considerations for searching and extracting information from the database.
6. Analyze case structures, strategies, and database design considerations for searching and extracting information from the database.

Outcome 4: Locate legal authorities to answer factual situations via computer assisted research, the Internet, and e mail.

Objectives: The student will:

1. Distinguish between the different ways to conduct research.
2. Identify the different sources for use in conducting research.
3. Choose appropriate databases for locating legal authorities.
4. Gather documents from a citation.

1. Computers in the Law Office
2. Legal Technology Trends
3. Computer Hardware and Software
4. How Computers Can Help the Legal Assistant
5. Review Computer Hardware and Software Applications in the Law Office
6. A Computer System: An Overview
7. The Word Processing Cycle
8. Word Processing Fundamentals
9. Spreadsheet Structure and Organization
10. Spreadsheet Fundamentals
11. Understanding the Fundamental Elements of Database Design and How to Incorporate Those Elements in a Legal Environment
12. DBMS in the Legal Environment
13. DBMS Functions: An Overview
14. Introduction to Timekeeping and Billing
15. Legal Timekeeping and Billing Software
16. Fundamentals of Computerized Timekeeping and Billing
17. Introduction to Computer Assisted Legal Research and CD ROM
18. CALR Search Query Techniques
19. Performing Competent Legal Research
20. CALR On Line Legal Databases
21. The Litigation Support Process
22. Manual Litigation and Support Methods
23. Types of Computerized Litigation Support Systems
24. The Electronic Courthouse, Automated Courtroom, and Presentation Graphics
25. Overview of Some Legal Specific Software
26. Overview of Presentation Graphics and Trial Presentation Software