Continuing Education
Please join us for our Continuing Paralegal Education non-credit workshops
The following continuing education non-credit workshops will be offered during the 2012-2013 academic year. Experienced faculty members as well as practicing members of the legal community will conduct the workshops at Loyola's Water Tower campus. The workshop topics have been chosen based on responses to our annual graduate survey. If you have a suggestion for a workshop topic, feel free to email paralegal@luc.edu and we would be happy to consider it. Prices for the non-credit workshops vary, so please check each item accordingly. Space is often limited, so do not delay your registration!
TrialDirector Workshops
Dates: Introduction to TrialDirector, Saturday, September 15, 2012
Advanced TrialDirector, Saturday, September 22, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (with 1/2 hour lunch break)
Location: Room 710 of the Corboy Law Center (25 E. Pearson St.), located on our Water Tower campus.
Instructor: David Arias
Cost: $60 per workshop
The Institute for Paralegal Studies is offering two four-hour workshops covering TrialDirector. TrialDirector is a trial presentation software used to organize exhibits and depositions, prepare cases for trial, and enhance courtroom case presentations.
The September 15 workshop will introduce participants to TrialDirector and will cover the use of pdfs, demonstrative exhibits and deposition synchronization.
The September 22 workshop with review more advanced features including use of the trial board and graphics during trial. Special permission is required to take the advanced features workshop without having taken the September 15 introductory workshop. Please contact paralegal@luc.edu to request special permission.
These workshops are open only to alumni or current students of the Institute for Paralegal Studies at Loyola Chicago. Students are expected to have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products prior to taking these short courses.
Space is limited.
CLICK HERE to register for the TrialDirector Workshops.
BASICS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Date: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (with 1/2 hour lunch break)
Location: Corboy Law Center, Water Tower Campus, Room 202
Instructor: Tim Mojonnier
Cost: $45
CLICK HERE to register for the Basics of Project Management Workshop
This 4 hour workshop will introduce you to project management, and the skills required to successfully manage projects. It begins with an introduction explaining why project management is being increasingly used by organizations. Then, participants will break up into teams, and complete a project that illustrates the hands-on issues pertaining to all projects.
The remainder of the workshop will provide students with an overview of the tools and techniques that project managers use in project planning, monitoring, scheduling and control. The workshop will conclude with a discussion about how project management principles and techniques can be applied to the legal environment.
By the end of the workshop:
- The learner will be able to understand why project management is growing in importance
- The learner will acquire “hands-on” experience with project management by completing a project in class with a team
- The learner will be able to identify the “triple-constraints” that apply to all projects
- The learner will be able to describe the key elements required to plan a project
- The learner will be able to create a work breakdown structure
- The learner will be able to differentiate between project monitoring and project control
- The learner will be able to describe the 10 steps that are crucial to project management success
The instructor, Tim Mojonnier, is President of Mojonnier & Associates, a management education and consulting company based in the Chicagoland area. Mr. Mojonnier’s first experience in project management was at FMC Corp., a $3 billion global corporation. There he managed a 5-person project team, developed a project plan, created a project schedule, monitored and controlled performance, and successfully implemented a turnkey business system at the Beverage Equipment Division.
Mr. Mojonnier has subsequently consulted with a variety of businesses on a diverse set of projects, from mergers and acquisitions to business systems implementations such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). For one $12 billion global healthcare company based in Chicago, Mr. Mojonnier traveled between Cartago, Costa Rica and San Juan, Puerto Rico to resolve complex cultural and systems issues.
In addition to his consulting practice, Mr. Mojonnier has conducted project management workshops for professional organizations such as the Rochester Chapter of APICS, the Association for Operations Management. He has also taught project management courses at Loyola University Chicago for more than 16 years.
Mr. Mojonnier holds a Masters of Business Administration in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago. He holds a B.A. in philosophy from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania and did a year of degree work at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England.
Mr. Mojonnier blogs on a variety of business topics at http://businesstheory.com/
These workshops are open only to alumni or current students of the Institute for Paralegal Studies at Loyola Chicago. Students are expected to have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products prior to taking these short courses.
Space is limited.
CLICK HERE to register for the Basics of Project Management Workshop
eDiscovery Current Topics
Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (with 15 minute break)
Location: Corboy Law Center, Water Tower Campus, CLC Room 202
Panel Members: Eamonn Coyle, Jenna Rooney, and Jennifer Polzer
Cost: $45
This workshop will be a panel presentation with a period of audience discussion regarding current topics in eDiscovery. The panel will consist of paralegals working on eDiscovery at law firms, third party vendors, and corporations.
Some of the topics to be covered are:
Negotiating Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Agreements
Managing an ESI project
ESI Productions to Government Entities
Search Term Creation and the Importance of Search Variations
Using Review Tools to Assist with Privilege Withholding and Privilege Redaction Logs
Review Workflow including developing parameters of first level, second level and final QC control
The panelists will be:
Eamonn Coyle, 2003 Loyola Paralegal Graduate
Assistant Vice President, Manager eDiscovery Compliance at Nuveen Investments
Formerly a Litigation Support Specialist at the law firms of Clausen Miller, Schiff Hardin and Littler Mendelson
Eamonn received his Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University in Marketing in 1988.
Jenna Rooney, 2012 Loyola Paralegal Graduate
Project Manager at Inventus eDiscovery Consulting Practice
Jenna received her Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University in 2005
At Inventus, Jenna assists case teams with processing workflow, review workflow, and structure of internal project organization.
Jennifer Polzer
Director of Discovery Solutions at Inventus eDiscovery Consulting Practice
Prior to joining Inventus, Jennifer held senior, client-solution positions with Winston & Strawn, Huron Consulting, Encore Discovery Solutions and Applied Discovery. Jennifer is an expert on electronic discovery management with a focus on assisting case teams and clients in developing optimal document review strategies.
CLICK HERE to register for the eDiscovery Current Topics Workshop.
Concordance
Date: January 12, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Corboy Law Center, Water Tower Campus (room TBA)
Instructors: Kelly Barry and Scott Kroll
Cost: $60
Application Fundamentals from 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Concordance is the litigation software of choice for many of Chicago’s finest law firms. This half of the course will show you the best practices for using Concordance to search and organize your litigation documents. Learn how to view, search, global search & replace, tag, sort, enter and edit information, and change the layout in Concordance. This course will be only open to Loyola paralegal graduates and current Loyola paralegal students. Students are expected to have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products prior to taking this short course.
Administrative Fundamentals from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
This half of the course will show you the best practices for creating a new database, modifying fields, database concatenation and importing/exporting records & images. You will also be introduced to CPLs, tag management and document production sets. This course will be only open to Loyola paralegal graduates and current Loyola paralegal students. Students are expected to have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products prior to taking this short course.
CLICK HERE to register for the Concordance Workshop.
Contract Administration
Date: February 16, 2013
Time: 10am - 1pm with a 15 minute break
Location: Loyola University Chicago, Water Tower Campus
Maguire Hall Room 324
Maguire Hall is located at 1 E. Pearson
Cost: $45
Contract administration concentrates on the relationship between the client and the supplier from contract award to contract closeout ensuring the supplier delivers the product and/or service in conformance with the purchase document requirements. The contract administrator must completely understand all aspects of the purchase document. This workshop will concentrate on Contract Administration Principles, the Do's and Don'ts of Contract Administration, Ethical Decision Making and Contract Administration, as well as Records Retention with regards to Contract Administration. Students are expected to have a good working knowledge of contract law and the basic requirements of an enforceable contract.
Ms. Tamburini is a Compliance Officer & Legal Counsel for RMB Capital Management in Chicago. Her legal practice has been concentrated in the corporate and securities areas. She also worked as a corporate paralegal at Winston & Strawn in Chicago and ServiceMaster Company in Downers Grove, Illinois.
CLICK HERE to register for the Contract Administration Workshop.
Computer Forensics
Date: March 16, 2013
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Corboy Law Center, Water Tower Campus, Room 202
Instructor: Eric Miller from Forensicon, Inc.
Cost: $45
Computer forensics pertainins to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media. The goal of computer forensics is to examine digital media in a forensically sound manner with the aim of identifying, preserving, recovering, analyzing and presenting facts and opinions about the information.
Although it is most often associated with the investigation of a wide variety of computer crime, computer forensics may also be used in civil proceedings. The discipline involves similar techniques and principles to data recovery, but with additional guidelines and practices designed to create a legal audit trail.
This workshop will focus both on protecting the corporate client as well as collection for litigation purposes. A more detailed outline will be provided soon.
CLICK HERE to register for the Computer Forensics Workshop.
Time Management
Date: April 20, 2013
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: Corboy Law Center, Water Tower Campus, Room 203
Instructor: Carrie Gillfillan, Litigation Legal Assistant at Kirkland & Ellis and Loyola Paralegal Graduate, 2009
Cost: $45
Time management for paralegals is one of the most difficult tasks in a busy law practice. Many paralegals are reluctant to consider developing a time management plan, as if it is somehow beneath them. However, working efficiently and having a good work/life balance doesn't happen by accident. Smart paralegals implement some kind of time management program into their daily routine so they can be better at their jobs while also spending more time doing what they enjoy.
This workshop will give you some excellent tips and tricks on how to keep your self efficient, organized and on time.
Our presenter, Carrie Gillfillan is a legal assistant at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in History in 2003. Carrie graduated from the Loyola Institute for Paralegal Studies in 2009. She began her legal career at Riordan, McKee & Piper as a law clerk. In May 2010, she started working at Kirkland & Ellis LLP as a project assistant in the Litigation Department.
CLICK HERE to register for the Time Management Workshop.
Office Communications Workshop
Date: June 15, 2013
Time: 10am - 1pm with a 15 minute break
Location: Room 301, Corboy Law Center, Water Tower Campus
Instructor: Char Wenc
Cost: $45
Do you feel exhausted from dealing with challenging people in your life?
Do you worry if you are communicating correctly?
Do you often ask yourself, “Now what do I do?!”
Do you feel disrespected in the workplace?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, come to hear internationally recognized speaker, professor and author Char Wenc.
Char Wenc teaches communication skills that make a difference in how individuals work together. Char shares her knowledge and experience with humor and realism. Her passion for the topic of communication and relationships is found in her style and content.
Char is an author of two internationally recognized books. Char is a professor of doctorial studies in Psychology, at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, a professor in Communication skills at Loyola University Chicago. Clinical counselor, educational consultant and television speaker. She is the winner of the National Speaker Association Award for “Those Who Excel in Education."
The Chicago Tribune calls Char "a speaking dynamo who packs a powerful punch on the topic of Workplace Relationships."
Please Do Not Miss This Wonderful Opportunity!
This workshop is open to the public!
CLICK HERE to register for the Office Communications Workshop.