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Risk Assessment
You have been assigned to create a risk assessment for the law office software applications at the office where you are employed.
For this essay, you will discuss the issues and risks of the law office, the consequence of these risks, and the software functionality that will reduce or prevent the issues or risks. (e.g. Risk: Late with submission of documents to opposing legal team. Consequence: Fees, postponements, etc. Functionality: Calendaring all deadlines, with reminders set for 1 week, 3 days, and 1 day prior will prevent this risk.)
Submit an essay on the topic that adheres to the following guidelines:
Your essay should be an in-depth submission, free of spelling and grammar errors.
An essay containing a minimum of 1 page, (counting body text only, not title or reference pages) in double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides.
You will be assessed on the rationale you use in addressing the question/issue posted, and how well you justify your argument regarding this issue.
Your response must be thought provoking, have well developed ideas and/or opinions, and should reference any supporting material from the text, lecture, or other sources you have used to complete the assignment.
You may use your text or the Internet as a reference, but remember to cite your sources.
Submit this essay to the "Risk Assessment" Dropbox by Sunday, 11:59PM (Mountain).
Discussion
Here is the prompt that will launch our discussion for the week. Be sure to select the Discussions page to the left under Week 6 to start posting:
Use this discussion area to familiarize yourself with different brands and types of software that is used in the law office. For this discussion, you will research specialty legal software for the office and case management using your textbooks and the Internet. Then, answer the following:
Report on at least two software programs that you would recommend for use in your law office and give your reasons.
Explain the costs and benefits of the chosen programs.