LGST 3770 - Law Office Technology

Goals: To give students a hands-on, real-world experience learning about and using technology found in the modern law firm.

Content: Students will interact with desktop document productivity tools (Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Powerpoint), legal presentation graphics (SmartDraw, TimeMap), document automation and assembly (HotDocs), time and billing (TimeSolv Legal), litigation support and e-discovery (CT Summation - iBlaze), and a mobile phone forensics tool (Cellebrite UFED). Grading will be based on quizzes, exercises, class participation, and a substantial, hands-on law office technology project presented and demonstrated by the students to the entire class. The project can be done by the student alone or in small teams. It will utilize one or more of the tools studied in class to solve a problem in the modern law office.

Taught: Annually

Prerequisite: LGST 1110 and LGST 1250, or permission of the instructor.

Note: *Paralegal specialty course.

Credits: 4 credits