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 caseloads 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: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to locate legal authorities to answer factual situations via computer assisted research, the Internet, and e-mail.

Objectives: The student will:

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

• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

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. Word Processing Fundamentals
8. Spreadsheet Structure and Organization
9. Spreadsheet Fundamentals
10. Understanding the Fundamental Elements of Database Design and How to Incorporate Those Elements in a Legal Environment
11. DBMS in the Legal Environment
12. DBMS Functions: An Overview
13. Introduction to Timekeeping and Billing
14. Legal Timekeeping and Billing Software
15. Fundamentals of Computerized Timekeeping and Billing
16. Introduction to Computer Assisted Legal Research
17. CALR Search Query Techniques
18. Performing Competent Legal Research
19. CALR OnLine Legal Databases
20. The Litigation Support Process
21. Manual Litigation and Support Methods
22. Types of Computerized Litigation Support Systems
23. The Electronic Courthouse, Automated Courtroom, and Presentation Graphics
24. Overview of Some Legal Specific Software
25. Overview of Presentation Graphics and Trial Presentation Software