Concordance 2007: A Basic Overview
 

Victoria L. Craig, DCST

Monday, February 4, 2008
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Central Time
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Conference ID–2847

Concordance is a litigation support software program with powerful full-text search capabilities that is designed to assist attorneys and paralegals manage and organize documents and information. Concordance 2007 is the latest release of the software program and has a completely redesigned interface and many new functions. This course will provide a brief overview of Concordance including creating a new case, entering data, searching the database, preparing reports, and printing documents. Participants will gain an understanding of how Concordance functions and how to utilize Concordance to assist with the preparation of cases from the discovery phase through to trial. For those individuals already familiar with Concordance, this course will introduce the new features of the 2007 release. Participants will receive a copy of “Concordance 2007-The Getting Started Guide.”

Victoria Craig, DCST, has 18 years experience in civil and business litigation. Starting her own business as an independent contract paralegal in January 2004, she specializes in providing law firms and sole practitioners with computerized litigation and trial support. As a Lexis/Nexis – Dataflight Certified Software Trainer, she provides training classes in Concordance and consulting services to attorneys. After graduating from the University of California, Irvine University Extension Certificate Program in Legal Assistantship, she began her career at Rutan and Tucker in 1989. A member of the Orange County Paralegal Association, she has served on the board of directors and as co-chair of the Litigation Section. Ms. Craig has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential from California State University, Long Beach. Combining her teaching background and paralegal knowledge, Ms. Craig taught the course “Fundamentals of Legal Assistantship” at UCI in 1993, and currently speaks at seminars and training events.

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