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Fundamentals of Law Office Management, Second Edition, familiarizes readers with the procedures, systems, and ethics that make law offices different from other industries. This book emphasizes those skills that will enhance early success in a law office, such as timekeeping, file management, document management, and library maintenance. This book provides knowledge of the legal marketplace, how a law office functions and the essential skills that will be utilized throughout a legal career. The book covers work in a small law office, large law office, government legal department, and corporate legal department. Features: Each chapter includes legal web sites that familiarize readers with the Internet "Trends" sidebars appear throughout the text and alert the reader to recent changes in the legal profession Each chapter has "Chapter Illustrations" that describe a fictitious law office and help the reader to put chapter content into a realistic context New chapter, Technology in the Law Office, emphasizes the impact of technology on every facet of the legal workplace Chapters contain lists of relevant software New chapter on paralegal ethics