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The new business world is about action, speed and skills.  It is important to expand your knowledge, improve your performance and rapidly adapt to changes in the legal field.   NO EXCUSES.  The Internet has many sites that can help you.  Several of our favorites are listed below.    

E-filing

E-Filing in the Federal US District Court

Online training is free. The only difference in training programs for Attorneys and Legal Support staff is that Attorneys get a CM/ECF login and password upon completion of training, legal support staff does not.

Another resource for learning about e-filing in the Central District of California is

 

E-Filing in Superior Court - Orange County, CA

All papers in Complex Civil actions must be electronically filed with the OC Superior Court unless the party has been specifically excused from doing so. Local Rules - Superior Court of California, County of Orange, rule 308. 

The Superior Court, Orange County has contracted with an electronic filing service provider (EFSP), One Legal, to provide an e-filing system for the court.  Read about the process and find answers to frequently asked questions at www.onelegal.com/OrangeCounty

 

Software 

FREE Online Software Training Tutorials and Tips

The majority of law firms use Microsoft Office 2003; however they have started updating to Office 2007.  There is a difference, so don't think you can "wing it."   2003 is menu driven; whereas, 2007 uses the ribbon.  Office 2010 is the newest MS Office program, hasn't shown up in the firms, yet.

The software law firms want you to know how to use is MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.  In addition, our corporate clients frequently ask for experience with Access and Publisher.

What you Should Know How to do in MS Word:

  • Formatting
  • Styles
  • Headers and Footers
  • Section Breaks
  

  • Mail Merge

  • Tables
  • Track Changes in Document Revision
  • Tables of Contents and Authorities

 

FREE Microsoft Office 2007 Online Training
2007- Legal Document Tutorials
2007- Help Desk

 

FREE Microsoft Office 2003 online Training
2003- Legal Document Tutorials
2003- Help Desk

FREE MS Word User Guides for the Legal Professional

  • Basic Concepts of Microsoft Word (all versions)

    Written by Shauna Kelly, a developer and MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional), includes notes and tutorials on  Basic concepts, Bullets, Development, Formatting, Layout, Managing Word, Numbering, Headings, Outlines, Sharing Documents, Styles, Templates, Word and Excel.

FREE corel wordPerfect online Training

Other Software Programs

FREE Adobe Acrobat for Legal Professionals

  • A blog by Rick Borstein, the Business Development Manager for Acrobat in the legal market for Adobe Systems.  Offers tips, techniques and more.  Be sure to read how to ensure that MS Word TOC's create hyperlinks in Acrobat.

FREE CaseMap Online Tutorial

FREE Compulaw Manual

  • Compulaw is a calendar/docket matter management software with built-in court rules databases.  Trust me, you can't learn this software by reading this manual - it will drive you nuts (I ate an entire jar of peanuts and wanted to light my hair on fire while reading this thing)- you need to take a class.  If someone knows of a good free Compulaw tutorial, please let us know.

FREE Concordance  Online Training

  •  Concordance is a litigation e-discovery analysis document management program.

FREE iManage Online Tutorial

  •  IManage, formerly known as Interwoven, is a document management program.

FREE LiveNote Online Tutorial

  • LiveNote is a transcript and evidence management program.  Westlaw's e-learning center  offers free online training and user guides, www.westelearning.com

FREE Timematters User Guides

FREE TrialDirector Online Tutorial

  • TrialDirector is a trial presentation and management software program used to organize exhibits and depositions,  prepare cases for trial,  and enhance presentations. Free online tutorials and user guides are located on the TrialDirector website, www.indatacorp.com.

PACER - Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)

  • PACER allows users to obtain case and docket information from all district, bankruptcy and federal appellate courts via the Internet.   Case file documents are available immediately after they have been electronically filed.

What is CM/ECF?  Case Management/Electronic Case Filing is a management system that allows courts to maintain electronic case files and offer electronic filing over the Internet.

Think PACER for searching and CM/ECF for filing. PACER searches can find CM/ECF documents but you need a separate account to use CM/ECF to file documents.

PACER is available to anyone who registers for an account.  See the PACER website for details, www.pacer.gov.

Spelling, Grammar, Research and Writing

Spelling, Grammar, Research, and Writing Websites and Guides

Typing

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

Do you want to increase your typing speed in a short period of time? 

Our office purchased an inexpensive software program called Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing and all of us increased our typing speed dramatically within a month. 

The program monitors your progress, flags your weak spots and offers challenging lessons to help you continue improving your keyboard skills.  You can find the program for about $20 or rent it from your local library.

Did you know:

  • The average person types more with the left hand than the right.
  • The letters in the word "typewriter" are all located on the same row of the keyboard.
  • "Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
  • The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is used for practice because it uses every letter of the alphabet.

 

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