The top three essential skills I use at Ali Lawyers, my co-op law office are document use, computer use and oral communication. All of these skills are very important as I use them every single day at my placement. Document use helps organize all of our work. Computer use is how we actually complete all of the work and store files for the clients, for example, all of their documents are saved on the computer. Furthermore, a law offices work, is to help people in legal matters, so we of course need to orally communicate with clients. Document use, computer use and oral communication all essential skills that I need and do at my co-op placement; Ali Lawyers. Document use is vital for any office worker, it’s an incredible way to keep organized. …show more content…
I scan and save almost all documents clients give to the office so we have a record of everything. Likewise, I use networks like The Assistants Desk and the Conveyancer, which has all of our client’s information and copies of documents we need. I also use PC Law which is on the computer to make labels for files and mail. Moreover, I send couriers through Rabbex and Purolator online. Computer use was a little harder for me then document use because I had gotten the hand of document use on the first try. I needed to be more comfortable with all the websites and networks we use. Getting around on the Conveyancer is still a little hard for me because I don’t do it as often as I use other websites. I’ve had many of my supervisors (as I consider all of the staff my supervisors) make sure I’m adding the right information to the couriers website, because I feel like I’m doing it wrong. I just need to be more confident in using the networks, which my supervisor says, through time and practice, I’ll get the hang of it. Beside from getting around to the different networks I use nearly every day, I’m completely comfortable with saving documents onto the computer files. This is something I do most likely every 15 minutes. I’m on the computer the whole day besides when I move to the photocopier to fax and scan