SAMPLES OF LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT 1
NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMME
NAME
KANO CAMPUS
REG NO:
REFLECTIVE ESSAY
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LAW OFFICE I WAS POSTED
The law office externship lasted for a period of 4 (four) weeks, which commenced on the 16th of June and ended on 11th of July.
I was posted to Jurislaw Associates located at 25, Boyle street, Onikan, Lagos State. The location was a very neat and quiet environment fit for a law office and it aws also ideal for a law office because of its proximity to the Magistrate’s court, State High Court, Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal.
The law office work or office area itself is also very admirable. It has a reception with comfortable chairs to welcome the clients and visitors. There about 4 (four) office compartment for the lawyers. The office also has a library which contains internet facilities and law books on various topics and subjects from both the Nigerian and international perspectives. The library also contained index of law reports and law report up-to-date. Very close to the library is the conference room where the client interview and other meetings are conducted and held. It is very large, spacious and fit for its purpose. The law office also has an accessible toilet and kitchenette where the staff have their lunch.
Jurislaw Associates is classified under Partnership as type of law office. This partnership exists between 4 (four) partners who all qualified legal practitioners and share the losses and profits of the lwa office. The partners also contribute money and other resources for the management of the law office. The type of management structure of the law office is management by a sole partner who is called the managing partner.
Jurislaw Associates apart from being a Partnership can also be described as medium-sized law office in terms of number of lawyers. There are a total of 8 (eight) lawyers including the partners in the law office. All the lawyers are efficient and seasoned lawyers with most of them being (5) five years post call. Apart from the lawyers the law office also had a total of 4 (four) supporting staff which include 2 (two) secretaries and 2 (two) office assistants. Each member of the law office hd his own share of work which was carried out effectively. The office hours at Jurislaw Associates is between 8am and 5.30pm.The law office held its staff meetings quarterly to evaluate the progress of the law office, discuss the challenges facing the law office and also proffer reasonable solutions to these problems.
Jurislaw Associates can also be described as a modern law office in terms of the use of modern office equipment and machines. Some of the equipment and machines used in Jurislaw Associates includes the followings; the computer, internet facilities, inverter, photocopy machine, scanner, printer, perforator, stapler, typewriter and telephone. The law office also made use of regular office supplirs such as letter headed paper, file jacket and envelopes.
The major areas of practice of the law office includes; aviation, intellectual property, information technology, arbitration, property law practice, banking and company secretariat.
The law office keeps records for all its clients, both the hard file which is printed out on paper and the soft file which is saved on the computer. The clients file consists of both the litigation file and administrative file. The litigation file contains court processes and all other documents or processes for litigation while the administrative file contains the correspondence between the law office and the client. The type of filing system used by the law office is the alphabetical filing written in the name of the client and the type of work done. When the office is done with a matter and the file is closed, the office does not destroys the file but keeps it for future use of the client. There is also a reminder system in place for the lawyers, a firm wide reminder system to remind the lawyers of the activities and cases to be done at a particular time.
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