August 2019
Microsoft Word for Legal Professionals
This is advanced training on how to conquer Word formatting to save time and create better legal documents. In law school, they taught you the law, how to conduct research, and the ethics rules of our profession. However, they probably failed to teach you how to use the primary tool necessary to produce work product - Microsoft Word.
Law schools are now scrambling to add practical technical skills to their offerings, but most of us never had the opportunity. The days of dedicated support staff to handle those things have unfortunately passed. Lawyers have to understand how to use all of the tools; and mastering Word means faster turn-around, higher drafting accuracy, and better client service. Unfortunately, Microsoft Word is a very complicated program; and controlling complex formatting is a wrestling match many lawyers lose repeatedly. Adding a new article to a contract shouldn’t mean you have to waste two hours manually updating all of the subsequent paragraph numbers and cross-references which are now incorrect. Getting a document to look the way you want shouldn’t be the most frustrating part of your day. In this seminar, you’ll learn the right way
to set up complex legal documents and how to avoid the formatting problems and delays you’re probably used to encountering.
Advanced Microsoft Word Bootcamp on Styles
In this class, you'll learn the steps necessary to deconstruct and rebuild any Word document (no matter how badly it is messed up) so the document works perfectly and is effortless to edit. If you're already experienced with Word but want to take your skills to the next level, this is the class you need. This is not a beginner class. Both lawyers and staff will benefit from this class.
Essential Law Office Technology for Lowering Costs and Increasing Efficiency
This program will be comprised of the following one-hour classes:
- Champagne Technology on a Beer Budget (Technology for Tightwads)
This seminar will give you a complete legal technology roadmap, with a focus on keeping the costs as low as possible.
- It's Time for a Change - Superior Methods for Complex Legal Documents
Increase drafting speed and accuracy while avoiding the risk of error that comes with modifying old documents.
- Take the Work Out of Your Workflow - How to Map and Improve Your Processes
Learn how to map processes and by walking through a real-life example where small adjustments made big differences for an estate planning practice.
Bring your laptop!
The sample files we use for the in class exercises will be made available in advance for download so that you can follow along during the program.
Programs will be taught in Word for Windows 365/2019. However, the manual and class materials cover Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365. Manuals for Word for Mac 2011 and Word for Mac 2016/19/365 are also available for download. Word for Windows and Word for Mac have different interfaces, although they’re capable of most of the same things with some exceptions.
What previous Colorado CLE attendees have said about Barron Henley:
“Barron is brilliant!”
“Just ‘WOW!’ This class is probably the most useful CLE I have ever attended! Thank you!"
“I retake this class and learn more each time.”
“Other than the fact that this is fabulous information, Mr. Henley's presentation makes it a great and engaging class."
“Any question that was asked was thoroughly answered with a step by step process.”
“Great materials and very informative. Barron made the topic fun. This will be directly beneficial to my work."
“The entire program was outstanding.”
“So many nuances. I loved his sense of humor, and the comprehensive notebook."
"The information is very practical. I will use it every day!"
Meet Your Presenter
Barron K. Henley, Esq., is one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group, a legal technology consulting firm focused on automating and streamlining law firms and legal departments. He earned his B.S./B.A. (marketing and economics) and J.D. from The Ohio State University and is a member of the American, Ohio, and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Worthington Estate Planning Council. He is a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management, and a member of both the ABA Law Practice Management and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law ("RPTE") Sections. He's a member of RPTE Futures Task Force, a former Board Member for the ABA TECHSHOW, and is the former Chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Law Office Automation & Technology Committee. Barron
heads Affinity’s document assembly/automation and software training departments; he is a renowned expert on Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat and HotDocs document assembly software; and has authored legal-specific manuals on HotDocs, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Word, Excel & Outlook. Barron is also an expert in launching new law firms, overhauling existing firms, and documenting and reengineering law firm processes. Finally, Barron teaches continuing legal education (CLE) classes throughout the U.S. and Canada covering a wide variety of topics related to law practice management, technology, and ethics.