Computer Applications Handout for the Final Examination

Terms and Elements Which You Should Know

• Spreadsheet, row, column, cell pointer, copying, formatting cells
• Absolute addressing, relative addressing
• What-if analysis
• Formula, label, variable
• :,=, *, sum
• =sum(sheet1!b1+sheet2!a3)
• $b$1
• macro
• business account, trust or escrow account, flat fee, contingency, RPC, hourly, pure retainer, time recording increments, average annual billing for this region,
• average hourly billing rates
• functions of a successful billing system
• timekeeper, client, activity, rate, event
• prebilling report, account aging, ethical considerations of fee agreements
• docket, calendar, continuance, statute of limitations, common docket control entries, conflict alert, computerized docket cycle
• Ethical considerations, Model Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4
• legal malpractice distinguished from ethical violation - consequences?
• Discovery, interrogatories, requests for admissions, depositions, document demands, expert witness reports, litigation support software, deposition transcripts,
• Pleadings
• service bureau, factors determining whether to use in house ALS or outhouse ALS
• bates stamp
• full-text vs. indexed databases in ALS
• Determining whether a case justifies ALS
• CALR vs. ELR - what is the difference
• connectors: " ", /s, /p, /n, +n, +p, +s, !, *, and, or, %, case limiters such as ju(smith), at(jones), da(aft 1991)
• Rules of Thumb for CALR/ELR
• Process of creating a query in Westlaw
• Internet: browsers
• Dangers and advantages of Internet research
• Difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet.
• What is Gopher?
• CD ROM: advantages and disadvantages