Litigation Paralegal Conference

• Understanding the difference between generations when communicating at work
• Four methods to use to be more concise in your communication
• The importance of being confident in your communications with attorneys
• Easy steps to a better proofread to eliminate errors in your writing

Handling a case proactively involves taking charge and doing things that will move a case forward without having to be told what to do each step of the way.  It also involves an understanding that to be truly proactive, a paralegal should develop and refine key behaviors that are needed to be a successful litigation paralegal.  In this module, we use a sample complaint and walk paralegals through the things they can do the moment the complaint comes in.

We make drafting discovery requests and responses easy with a technique that will work on all types of litigation cases.  We include group exercises using the sample complaint from Module 1 to show paralegals how to become the master of discovery drafting on their litigation team, even when they must draft discovery from scratch without a form or a template.

All litigation paralegals, regardless of the specific practice area, should have a general understanding of e-discovery and how it fits into the discovery phase of a litigation matter.  In this session, we introduce paralegals to the basics of e-discovery, the industry models, and the court rules affecting electronically stored information and more.  Note:  there is a more in-depth training on all phases e-discovery in the E-discovery Paralegal Boot Camp (the next course in this paralegal training package)

E-discovery projects can be the most expensive part of litigation.  And if we’re not careful, they can also be where the biggest mistakes happen.  In this module, we give you a template to be able to plan for the project to reduce the likelihood of mistakes happening.

• Drafting a Project Plan Memo to keep your project on track
• Selecting and managing vendors
• How to identify other sources of data
• Estimating data size
• Preparing a budget for your project

• Understanding the various processing options depending on the available technology
• The importance of communication and status updates to the attorney
• Methods for reducing the review time of a document production
• Estimating the completion date for the review project
• How to make adjustments to meet the review deadline

• Understanding the pros and cons of the various production methods
• Effectively communicating with the project team
• How to develop quality control measures to prevent mistakes
• Post-production tasks and metrics so that you can learn from each project

Preparing for depositions is more than the notice and the subpoena.  Those are forms that anyone can cut and paste.  Instead, we provide paralegals with a 3-step plan to eliminate those last- minute scrambles the night before a deposition.  We also provide paralegals with an insight into what happens during a deposition so that they can better organize the attorney heading out the door to the deposition.

Join us for live Q & A and conference closing remarks from Ann Pearson.