Legal Office Staff - Skills Testing

For building the competent legal support team!

Clerical staff working in a legal environment need to perform traditional clerical tasks using legal documents and terminology. Descriptions of some of the tests follow:

• The Basic Litigation test is geared towards those working in the litigation field as paralegals or legal assistants. The test covers basic terminology as well as scenarios in which knowledge of court proceedings, preparation of legal documents, effective modes of research, legal writing and ethics are encountered and assessed.
• Concordance EX is a database application geared towards the litigation support arena. The audience for this test may include, but is not limited to attorneys, paralegals and other legal staff. This test focuses 60% of its questions on basic end-user tasks, 20% on intermediate tasks and 20% on advanced tasks. A technical background is not necessary to answer 60% of the test questions herein.
• Court Reporting is the verbatim shorthand reporting method used primarily to record legal proceedings. The information recorded is transcribed and turned into an official transcript, and is considered a legal document when completed by a "certified" court reporter. This recording procedure is also used for medical and business transcription purposes, e.g. medical transcription, meetings, conventions, public hearings, closed captioning, and other private activities. This test would be appropriate to be given to anyone looking to function as a court reporter.
• This Equal Employment Opportunity test contains 35 multiple-choice questions covering such topics as employment conditions and practices, reasonable accomodations, discrimination, and equalizing pay rates. This test would be appropriate to give to anyone who must be EEO compliant in their hiring practices.
• The Legal Abbreviations test has 40 questions relating to correctly abbreviating words which are common to the legal industry and determining what certain legal acronyms stand for. This test would be appropriate to be given to anyone in the legal profession.
• This test for Legal Assistants consists of 46 questions and covers such topics as legal definitions, contracts, agreements, and ethical codes. This test would be appropriate to be given to anyone looking to function as a Legal Assistant.
• The Legal Filing Skills test measures three variables: the ability to file, research and manage business and legal documents in an office or library environment. It is intended be used to assess both entry- and mid-level support personnel responsible for records management in the workplace.
• Legal Spelling This test contains 60 questions. This test is intended to measure legal spelling accuracy. It is of a general nature and caters to a broad range of words employed in the legal profession. It is for this reason that an overall spelling knowledge of legalese is required to complete this test successful. It covers both litigation and contract law terminology as well as words common to the English language but often utilized in legal discourse.
• The Legal Staff Skills test (Improved Version!) consists of 20 multiple choice questions and measures knowledge of terminology and practices which should be commonly known by legal secretaries. This test is designed for entry level legal secretaries and assistants
• This Legal Vocabulary test has 45 questions covering a variety of topics such as criminal law, personal injury terminology, general litigation, and wills & estates. Test-takers are asked to determine the proper word or words to fit different situations. This test would be appropriate to be given to anyone within the legal industry.
• Paralegal Skills This test contains 60 questions. This test is designed for professionals who wish to pursue a career in the paralegal field. Legal analysis is not the exclusive domain of the attorney; without understanding the legal analysis fundamentals, Paralegals fail to grasp the complexities of the legal system and cannot accomplish many of the more demanding tasks which they are assigned. The aim of this test is to assess one’s knowledge of the functions of a paralegal, field regulations, ethical guidelines of paralegals and attorneys, legal analysis techniques, legal research options, investigations, office administration, and legal terminology.
• This Sexual Harassment test contains 35 multiple-choice questions covering such topics as kinds of sexual harassment, employer responsibilities, reporting incidents, investigating complaints, and costs to the organization. This test would be appropriate to give to anyone who must be aware of sexual harassment policies in their job.
• The Summation Blaze 5.21 test is designed to test a person's knowledge of this integrated document management system. It aids in the management of transcription, evidentiary documents and case data. One of the most employed systems of its kind, Summation Blaze is used by litigation professionals as an integral tool for their work. The Summation Blaze tests aims at assessing those who are expected to possess a working understanding of the many facets of Summation Blaze. Among the topical areas included are: using the document database and case folders, transcripts, and the form and case editors.
• The Legal Typing test measures the speed and accuracy of a user's typing. The test presents the user with a passage which he/she must type as accurately and quickly as he/she can. This test should be given to anyone whose typing speed needs to be measured

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