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Benefits to Attorneys and Law Firms in Technology and Computer Training
| Guest post by: Michael Peregrine |
Article Overview: Attorneys and their staff utilize their computers - and primarily their word processing software - to an extent that ordinary users never master. This article discusses the current need in the legal field to build solid skills in technology in order to stay competitive.
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Benefits to Attorneys and Law Firms in Technology and Computer Training
Large law firms have long recognized the benefits of continuing education and training for staff attorneys, paralegals and legal secretaries in how to utilize Microsoft Word and Office products to their maximum capabilities.
The reason for this is primarily because attorneys use Microsoft Word in ways not dreamed of by ordinary users. For an attorney, documents are the central work product for their legal practice. What would a litigator be without pleadings? What would an estate planner be without Wills and Trusts? What would an intellectual property attorney be without applications and amendments?
For lawyers, paralegals and legal secretaries, documents ARE our BUSINESS.
If you are involved in passing agreements, correspondence and other documents back and forth electronically to opposing counsel, co-counsel and clients, then you can be assured that you are at times working with individuals who absolutely know how to use Word properly and efficiently, styling documents top to bottom! What you email to these individuals speaks a lot about who you are, your attention to detail, and your ability to produce something that can easily be modified as future generations of edits are made.
Let’s say you create a document, styled completely in Normal (Word’s most basic style format), filled with direct formatting commands and conflicting code, and then send that to an attorney who knows how the document should be assembled to avoid wasting time. You have just told the other attorney that you don’t know what you are doing and that editing this document is going to be a much more tedious process than it would have been if you or your secretary just created the document correctly from the start.
Unfortunately, due to the ever changing world of software, and the concentration of law school on the instruction solely on the practice of law, many people come directly out of university with only a cursory understanding of the actual products they will be working with on their computers from day to day.
This is where my company comes in. A completely online educational resource in how to use Word and other Microsoft Office products, we will serve as the trainers your firm may be restricted from hiring full time. For a small monthly membership fee, you and your staff will get state-of-the-art training in using your computers. Our training is constantly updated, and designed to put you on top of your game and then keep you there! See my author bio for additional details.
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About the Author: Michael Peregrine RSS for Michael's articles - Visit Michael's website
Michael Peregrine is a technology trainer for attorneys, paralegals and legal secretaries who manages Legal Technology Academy, a company based in Kansas City, Missouri. I started working in the legal field in 1992 for a legal department in New York City. After returning home to Kansas City in 1995, I worked as a legal assistant and paralegal in several firms, including two of the largest firms in the State of Missouri. I have always been a bit of a geek, however, and tend to gravitate toward technology both in the workplace and in my spare time. Recognizing a communication disparity that tends to exist between many firms’ legal practice and their technology departments, I saw the need for individuals who were conversant in both. This led me to transition into a job as a technology trainer for a large law firm in Missouri, where I helped develop curriculum, presentations and documentation for an education program presented to staff counsel, paralegals and legal secretaries. I enjoy sharing what I know, and feel like the coaching process can be very rewarding. Not only do I get the satisfaction in demonstrating something I know will make my students’ jobs a lot easier, but I also get the gratification of seeing people put the knowledge to work. Starting in 2010, development began on an online educational platform (http://www.my-legal-technology-trainer.com) just for attorneys, legal secretaries, paralegals and students who plan to work in the legal field. I feel like there is a need to provide additional instruction tools on the products people utilize the most in the real world. Click here to visit Michael's website   Honest Evaluation of the Potential Opportunity Healthy Skeptic Or a Dose of Paranoia Specialized Techniques to Get REAL Results in Your Online Business Build a Cohesive Marketing Strategy to Create the Perfect Storm for Your Internet Biz SelfEmployed Or Employed For Someone Else Find Yourself and Find Success HomeBased Internet Business On a Shoestring |
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