Preface

• Author: Tina Kamakaris/Jane Kamakaris/Louis Kamakaris
• Pages: 14-14

xiv Legal Office Procedures

Preface

A great book is like a cheat code to life. You can get a career and some part of it is always with

you in the workplace.

Together with teaching professionals and past and recent grads, the Legal Oce Procedures, now

in its 8th edition and completely updated, has passed the test of time and is a testament to the

quality of learning and skills it provides to everyone who wishes to get a legal career, particularly

law clerks, legal administrative assistants, legal assistants, and paralegals.

With Legal Oce Procedures, you will gain real-world experience in the most commonly practised

areas of law: practice management, civil litigation, criminal litigation, family, corporate and

commercial, real estate, and estates, all in one place, for a successful career in any and all of these

areas of practice.

e hallmarks and mainstays of Legal Oce Procedures that students and instructors have come

to love and rely on are continued in this updated edition, and you will find the following features

particularly helpful and supportive in your legal training:

• Plain, straight forward language with no legal jargon and no presumption of prior legal

knowledge.

• Step-by-step how-tos with practical examples and completed legal forms to guide you at

each step.

• Exclusive start-to-finish files with ongoing case scenarios.

• Key legal terms followed by their definitions.

• Legal tips, charts, figures, and case law examples.

• Chapter summaries and review questions at the end of each chapter.

• Easy-to-find completed precedents at the back of each chapter.

• Exclusive start-to-finish interfacing files, tasks, and hands-on exercises in the separate Legal

Oce Procedures Workbook.

• Index to precedents.

• Glossary of legal terms.

e Legal Oce Procedures textbook and its separate Legal Oce Procedures Workbook are your

highly respected legal training resources that will successfully transition you from your legal class-

room, to your legal field placement, and to a workplace in any and all of the areas of practice

covered

Also available:

Legal Oce Transcription – exclusive audio files, legal terminology, and grammar brush-up exer-

cises, including cameo dictations by their Lordships Justice John A. Scollin of the Manitoba

Court of Queen’s Bench and Justice omas G. Zuber of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Comprehensive instructor support.

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