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| SAMPLE ESSAY ON LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION |
ESSAY ON LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND
ORGANISATION
NAME:
UNIGWE ISA BABALOLA
REG.
NUMBER: EN/19/NOV/532
CAMUS:
AUGUSTINE NNAMANI CAMPUS
INTRODUCTION
This
essay is an overview of the organization
and administration of law office, the relationship between the staff of the law
firm, and their interaction with the clients. The purpose of the law firm is that a lawyer who calls at the client’s house amount to a violation of Rule 22 OF the Rules of Professional Conduct
which requires legal practitioners to operate from a law office.
I
was posted to AGBOM JOHN & CO.
CHAMBER at No. 10 Zik’s Avenue Ikeja, Lagos State. It is a sole
proprietorship established by Bar. Agbom John. The law office is a core
litigation firm. The principal employed about 5 other legal practitioners as
fee earners. The firm equally have 5 paralegal staff consisting of Secretary,
Accountant, driver, receptionist and a cleaner.
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The
principal administers the law firm and assigns duties to other litigation
officers.
The
law office situates in an existing building Consist of reception room,
practitioners’ room, paralegal staff room, library, convenience room among
others. It is well structured with modern law office equipment, machines,
internet facilities and supplies comprising of computer, generator, vehicle,
letterheads and legal forms for efficient operation and administration.
The law office has a reminder system in a form chamber diary which reminds the
chamber and to each litigation officers of the daily activities, courts, parties,
adjournment, the dates, time and procedure in which such matters are to be
carried out. The chamber diary has the name of an individual lawyer assigned to
the case, the judge handling the matter, the suit number, facts of the case, records
of the previous sitting.
Filing
Management Retention and destruction of files: The law office has its custom-made
files, and the names of the parties in the matter are marked on each file. The
files are arranged in large cabinets in an orderly and coordinated manner to
ensure easy identification. It has protocols for how long to hold onto inactive
files and how to dispose of the file after completion of the matter, that is,
return it to the client, destroy it, or hold onto it for another set number of years.
Conclusion
Law office management and organization is a requirement for
effective and efficient practice of law. The management and organization of the chamber
that I was posted for the externship program is in tune with the modern law office administration.
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