Deck 1: Technology in the Law Office

Question 1

The legal team and the technology support team must do the following in order for one team to communicate its needs and solutions to the other.

A) Use the Same Administrative Support Professionals
B) Learn Each Other's Language
C) Work remotely from different locations
D) None of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The advances in portable computers and wireless technologies have increased the demand placed on IT departments

A) to support the legal team outside the office.
B) to learn the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
C) to work on the mainframe
D) to obtain additional servers

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The following is a computer substitute for the use of traditional telephone connections.

A) VoIP
B) Hot Spot
C) Hard Copy
D) Attachment

Answer 3

A

Question 4

This term has become a buzzword for shipping work out of the office or out of the country to save money.

A) Voice recognition software
B) Smoking Gun
C) Outsourcing
D) Remote Access

Question 5

What is the trend in computers and computer devices:

A) to return to the mainframe computer model.
B) toward light weight, portability, and extended battery life.
C) to move away from web-based programs.
D) toward larger systems with smaller networks.

Question 6

How will videoconferencing change the way that law is practiced in the future?

A) Video conferencing will make it possible to conduct much of the business of a law from remote locations.
B) Certain types of proceedings may be conducted using video conferencing, thus eliminating the need for parties and attorneys to travel to court
C) Both of the above
D) Neither of the above

Question 7

The following allows the legal team to dictate working legal drafts into almost any program

A) Voice recognition software
B) VoIP
C) Hotspot
D) Attachment

Question 8

Information technologists are members of the legal team who combine the following two qualities.

A) verbal skills and legal skills
B) arbitration skills and legal skills
C) technology skills and arbitration skills
D) legal skills and technology skills

Question 9

Why is the quantity of documents increasing in litigation?

A) Corporations are acquiring more storage space for paper documents.
B) Employees are keeping more hard copies of documents in binders in the office.
C) Electronically stored information has reduced retention costs.
D) Companies now have paper quotas per employee.

Question 10

Computers are being used with higher frequency to share information in digital format between:

A) judges and jurors.
B) attorneys and jurors.
C) plaintiff and defense attorneys.
D) remote offices, courthouses, government agencies, and clients.

Question 11

The following is an off-site computer used to store records that may be accessed over secure Internet connections.

A) Attachments
B) VoIP
C) Electronic Repository
D) None of the above

Question 12

This term describes the paper copy of a document

A) VoIP
B) Hot Spot
C) Hard Copy
D) Attachment

Question 13

The field of law has developed its own lexicon of terms that enables those in the legal community:

A) to work from hotspots.
B) to service their own computer systems.
C) to communicate effectively and with precision.
D) to speak with the in-house IT department.

Question 14

Technology has changed the way functions are performed in the law office.Which function has been the least affected by technology?

A) interviewing clients and witnesses
B) researching caselaw
C) maintaining client billing records
D) maintaining client information

Question 15

Which of the following tasks is generally not performed using the Internet.

A) Conducting both factual and legal research.
B) Obtaining government information
C) Sharing digital files
D) None of the above

Question 16

The concept that in the legal field,any information with regard to a client,learned from whatever sources,is to be kept in confidence by the legal team.

A) VoIP
B) Confidentiality
C) Online Collaboration
D) Remote Access

Question 17

A chief information officer or chief technology officer at a corporate firm must anticipate change and

A) find ways to avoid implementing it.
B) supervise paralegals.
C) find the smoking gun.
D) plan for it in concrete and innovative ways.

Question 18

Technology has had a significant impact not only on the ability to retain documents,but also on the following:

A) increased demand for off-site storage space for paper documents
B) the ability to find and access documents
C) the decreased retention of documents
D) the decreased demand for IT professionals

Question 19

Why must the legal team and the technology support team learn each other's language?

A) so that the client can run their own technology in the courtroom.
B) because each team must speak in court to persuade the jury.
C) for each team to communicate its needs and solutions to the other.
D) to enable each team to bill the client.

Question 20

Larger law offices,corporate legal departments,and government offices usually have a technical support staff called the following:

A) Commercial Litigation Department
B) Information Technology Department
C) Electronic Repository
D) Administrative Support Professionals

Question 21

The quantity of documents is decreasing in litigation.

Question 22

Technology has had a significant impact not only on the ability to retain documents,but also on the ability to find and access those documents.

Question 23

________ software,like Dragon Naturally Speaking,allows the legal team to dictate working legal drafts into almost any program

Question 24

To obtain the best service from the consultant,the legal team must speak the same ___________ as the consultant when defining the scope of service and the desired results.

Question 25

_____________ is rapidly replacing paper format note taking.

Question 26

VoIP allows spoken words to be converted directly into text.

Question 27

Contemporary smoking gun documents may include emails,text messages or similar electronic communications that are generated and stored in an organization or client's data server.

Question 28

Lawyers,paralegals,other members of the legal team,and the members of the technology support team must learn each other's language because understanding such differences in terminology is essential to working together effectively and meeting the needs of clients.

Question 29

The recent amendments to the ________ have had a major impact on thinking about technology in the practice of law.

Question 30

Many law firms and their clients currently use _____________ on a regular basis as a method of "face-to-face" communication when parties are at remote sites.

Question 31

To the technology specialist,protocol is defined as a summary of a document or a treaty; or,a treaty amending another treaty,or the rules of diplomatic etiquette.

Question 32

Remote collaboration involves members of the legal team and clients at one location working together.

Question 33

Everyone on the legal team must have a working familiarity with computers and the types of computer programs used in the law office.

Question 34

Litigation support professionals are generally not required to track and bill time.

Question 35

The field of law has developed its own lexicon of terms that enables those in the legal community to communicate effectively and with precision.

Question 36

The advances in portable computers and wireless technologies have decreased the demand placed on IT departments to support the legal team outside the office.

Question 37

Members of the legal team may also use the Internet to work together using online collaboration software.

Question 38

A chief information officer or chief technology officer at a corporate firm must anticipate change and plan for it in concrete and innovative ways.

Question 39

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have not been amended to address electronic documents.

Question 40

The trend in computers has been toward heavier and less portable devices.

Question 41

The new ________________ organize and formalize what had once been a patchwork of court rules and case law on electronic discovery.

Question 42

Matching

Question 43

Identify three ways that technology has changed the way traditional procedures are performed in the practice of law:

Question 44

What are some ways that technology can be used to increase efficiency and productivity in the law office?

Question 45

What is the role of the technical support staff in the law office?

Question 46

______________ is an off-site computer used to store records that may be accessed over secure Internet connections.

Question 47

What can the members of a legal team do to make their relationship with IT staff more productive?

Question 48

What are some of the disadvantages associated with the increased use of technology in the law office?

Question 49

A member of the legal team who has legal and technology skills and primarily supports electronic discovery activities is called ____________________

Question 50

In a large firm,the _____________ handles questions and issues concerning the use and implementation of technology in general,and computers and software in particular.

Question 51

What are some of the growing trends in law office technology? Describe three ways in which law office technology is expected to change in the future and how these changes will affect the practice of law.

Question 52

Increasingly,the legal team must work with ____________ in order to use computers and electronic data effectively.

Question 53

_____________ has become a buzzword for shipping work out of the office or out of the country to save money.

Question 54

How does the legal team use the Internet to assist in the practice of law?