McGraw-Hill's Law Office Management for Paralegals 1st Edition by Lisa Schaffer, Mcgraw Hill Higher Education Staff, Curriculum Technology Staff, Andrew Wietecki

Exercise 2

A paralegal works for an attorney who charges $250 an hour to conduct legal research and prepare documents. The attorney charges $350 an hour for court appearances. In a given month, the attorney spends 12½ hours conducting research and preparing memos and 4 hours in court on behalf of the client. Prepare an Excel spreadsheet and complete a sample timesheet (if you do not have access to Excel, you may download a demo version at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training).