Technology and Legal Ethics   Review the ABA rules and comments to Rules 1.1 and Rule 1.6 for the most current changes in regards to a legal professional’s duty regarding technology.   Read the Article 36 States Have Adopted the Duty of Technology Competence   Part 1: Write a general summary of the ABA’s position […]

Technology in the Law Office Throughout this course, many discussion opportunities come up where you need to respond to other people’s opinions and comments. Respond to your Discussion topic after you have completed your Reading.   For Discussion Board requirements, refer to your course Syllabus or to the Discussion Board Rubric, under Grading Rubrics.   […]

Review the various case management systems. You can also review the information provided by the publisher of your textbook at: Goldman Online Resources (Pearson).   Source: American Bar Association. Practice and Case Management Software. Retrieved from http://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/legal_technology_resources/resources/charts_fyis/casemanagementcomparison.html.   Please select one type of case management or office management system. Watch any tutorials that you can […]

The managing partner at your firm has come to you with an issue that he believes technology could help. It seems that the firm you work at just keeps growing and growing, which is a good problem to have. As the firm grows, it is attracting clients from farther and farther away, including many corporate […]

Click on this link: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/federal/ (Links to an external site.)   Scroll down to, “Select a topic to learn more about Federal Issues.” Choose 2 of the topics and read the information provided.  Then, post a 3-4 sentence summary for both of the topics you chose in the discussion board.  Remember to cite the website […]

Your supervising attorney receives an e-mail from opposing counsel containing a settlement agreement. The document is quite short, so the attorney wonders how long it took to draft it. The attorney clicks on the properties tab and sees the document was open on opposing counsel’s computer for 3 hours. The attorney opens the metadata scrubber […]

Read the article Breaking Into E-Discovery. Source: Kane, S. (2012). Breaking Into E?Discovery. Law Practice Today. Retrieved from http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/law_practice_today/breaking-into-e-discovery.authcheckdam.pdf.   Use this article along with your reading this week to answer the following questions:   How has electronically stored information (ESI) changed the discovery process?   What aspects of ESI make discovery easier and what […]

Review the various case management systems. You can also review the information provided by the publisher of your textbook at: Goldman Online Resources (Pearson).   Source: American Bar Association. Practice and Case Management Software. Retrieved from http://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/legal_technology_resources/resources/charts_fyis/casemanagementcomparison.html.   Please select one type of case management or office management system. Watch any tutorials that you can […]

Question 1In e-discovery, the legal team should proceed   Question options:   with only a consideration of their client’s perspective.   after trying to understand the perspective of each party to the litigation.   with a focus on understanding only parties in a situation similar to their client’s.   as if the opposing party expected […]

Question 1 Discovery is a step in the litigation process where parties   Question options:   prove their case.   discredit their opponent’s case.   conceal information.   exchange information.   Question 2 The purpose of discovery is:   Question options:   facilitating settlement.   preparing for trial.   case evaluation.   all the above […]