Legal Office Procedures

"The text takes students step-by-step through start-to-finish legal files and also outlines the rationale, background, and substantive law behind these procedures, giving students a true glimpse inside a busy and dynamic legal office environment. Designed for Canadian college-level law clerk, paralegal, and legal office programs, the text uses a writing style that is concise, easy to follow, and ideal for students new to the subject."--

A total concepts/application learning experience! Action Prepare commonly used legal documents and complete projects involving data from actual cases. Build the skills for a successful career in a law office! Practice Practice supported by documents on disk to save keying time. Visit www.prenhall.com/legal studies www.prenhall.com/business studies

This seventh edition of Procedures for the Canadian Legal Office has been completely revised to provide you with the most up-to-date information in the areas of general, civil litigation, family, real estate, and corporate and estate practice and procedures. You will find the text to be your ultimate reference guide, incorporating statutory amendments in legal procedures and the procedural changes resulting from the impact of technology on the legal profession, especially in the area of electronic filing and registration in corporate and real estate practice.

This manual helps medium and large law firms increase productivity by providing a model manual for law office policies and procedures. The book, an updated and expanded version of the previous (fourth) edition, is divided into seventeen sections, covering such topics as law office organization, management, and administration, support personnel, office polices, personnel policies and benefits, office security and emergency procedures, financial management, file systems, technology, and communications systems. The book contains numerous sample forms and documents, as well as extensive bibliographies. A CD containing the entire text of the manual is included, allowing customization of the manual for particular user needs.