Legal Document Production » (1st Edition)

This combination book/workbook/reference provides a well- rounded overview of the procedures to follow in producing legal documents in six areas of law, general legal correspondence, and miscellaneous documents.

Readers gain hands-on experience formatting and producing documents using any software package, word processor, electronic typewriter, or standard typewriter. The book provides a realistic approach to the procedural process required in the court system; features a wide variety of hands-on projects that focus on the documents themselves — i.e., the projects are suitable for any word processing software used with a computer, electronic typewriter, word processor, or standard typewriter; includes projects that highlight the documents from a variety of states, including specific features of California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Texas, Virginia.

Reference Materials.


1. Preparing Legal Documents.


2. Guidelines for Word Processing.


3. General Legal Correspondence.


4. Family Law.


5. Criminal.


6. Federal—U.S. District Court.


7. Contracts.


8. Real Estate.


9. Wills—Probate.


10. Litigation.


Unique Supplemental Projects.


Latin Terms.


Bibliography.


Index.