This course prepares students to assist an attorney in all aspects of worker's compensation including the ability to interview injured workers, complete claim forms, compute benefits, request medical reports, and prepare litigation and settlement materials. In this course, substantive and procedural issues necessary to assist an attorney and the client throughout a bankruptcy case will be discussed in a step by step approach that will provide the student with the ability to assist the debtor or creditor throughout the proceedings. This course covers the law as it relates to the business world, including such topics as banking, mail order purchases and the laws that govern them, and interstate commerce. This hands-on course will cover the intricacies of full text searching including Boolean logic, proximity searches, and natural language queries. This course focuses on the development of interpersonal skills of interviewing, counseling and negotiations.
Students engage in a series of role-playing situations designed to develop communication skills.
This course will focus on advanced issues in the area of research and writing skills to help students become effective members of the prosecutorial or defense team. This course provides a comprehensive view of management principles as they apply to the law office. Emphasis is placed on practical approaches to management, strategic planning, interpersonal skills, time management, law office automation, and marketing of legal services. 363 Law Office Computer Applications Students are exposed to the many ways that computers are being used in law offices including hard disk management, database systems for litigation support and timekeeping, and spreadsheets. This course explores techniques in conflict resolution.