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COURSE SYLLABUS: Law Office Management

Course Title: Department: Instructor:

LS368 – Law Office Management Legal Studies George E. Guay III, J.D. E-Mail - Vitae

COURSE CONTENT

This course focuses on the issues, legal and practical, involved in the management of a law office. Students will not only consider topics such as ethics but will consider issues such as billing and record-keeping. By the end of the course, students will have learned about the complex working environment of a law office.

TEXT: Online Bookstore

FUNDAMENTALS OF LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT, 2nd Edition. Pamela Everett.
Published by Delmar Publishers ISBN/ISSN #: 0766808815

FUNDAMENTALS OF LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT, 3rd Edition. Pamela Everett-Nollkamper
Published by Delmar Publishers ISBN/ISSN #: 1401824633 Available on 11/01/2003

COURSE GOALS

In this class, students will engaged in self-directed study. They can also contact the instructor via e-mail. By taking open-book multiple choice quizzes and writing a 10-page research paper, students will develop an understanding of a topic or issue addressed in a particular chapter.

Students should expect to spend at least three hours, and perhaps substantially more time and energy, on each chapter.

GRADING

Students will need to complete a twenty-question, multiple-choice and/or true-false, open-book quiz for each chapter designated for study in this class. Students will also have to complete a 10- page research paper. A student's final grade for the class will come from student's grades on each of the specified activities.

The grade is broken down as follows:

Ethics quizzes Research Paper

75% 25% 100%

ASSIGNMENTS

Quizzes

Students must read each of the chapters in the text and do an on-line, open book quiz. Students will need to use their student ID and passwords to the quizzes, which are available at any time.

Students need to use the following link to take the quizzes: http://www.platon-line.com/wiseQuiz2b3/index.php?templateid=1

These exercises constitute 75% of a student’s grade for the course.

Research Paper

Students have to write a ten-page paper (excluding title page and references) on any topic raised in the text. Such topics could include a comparison of electronic databases or on-line services or issues relating to the attorney-client relationship. Students will need to cite to other material that is peer-reviewed (i.e., that has been reviewed by peers in the author’s field). Students need at least five references. This paper is due after the student has completed the quizzes for all of the chapters in the text.

The pages need to be double-spaced, with one-inch margins and 10-point type. Students need to put footnotes and references in an appropriate and consistent style. Students may select which style they’d like to follow, although most might find it easiest to pick between APA and MLA style.

This exercise constitutes 25% of a student’s grade for the course.

NOTES

Instances of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to reliance upon others for answers to questions or for access to information which could lead to the earning of a grade in this class outside of the described and required conditions, will result in a grade of zero per incident. All participants engaging in this conduct will receive a zero.

Students should know that this class will abide by the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact the instructor as soon as possible so that reasonable accommodations can be made so that a student can gain the fullest benefit of the course. Students should expect to provide necessary documentation.