Legal Services Industry

Description

Participants who work in a role at a company in the legal services industry. Participants in this industry will likely be skilled in law, office management, courtroom practices, and document storage systems.

The legal services industry comprises various fields related to legal strategy, courtroom litigation, civil and criminal prosecutions, and government.  Such establishments include attorneys, counselors at law, law offices, lawyers, legal aid services, legal services, patent solicitors’ offices, and referees in bankruptcy.

Common audiences

These common audiences are made up of participants who hold job titles and roles in the legal services industry. Each of these professionals can be targeted individually, or roles can be combined to create larger audiences.

• Document coder – provides a highly specialized service. They organize legal papers to make it easier for lawyers to conduct research. Information is typically  entered from paper documents to databases by data entry coding teams.
  
• Judge – gives juries instructions before they begin deliberating, and in bench trials, judges must decide the facts of the case and issue a decision. Judges are also in charge of sentencing criminal offenders who have been found guilty. A jury hears and decides the majority of cases.
  
• Law clerk – conducts legal research, prepares bench memos, drafts orders and opinions, proofreads the judge’s orders and opinions, verifies citations, communicates with counsel about case management and procedural requirements, and assists the judge during courtroom proceedings, among many other activities.
  
• Courtroom deputy – updates and maintains court documents. Assists in the preparation of case jackets, postings, and files, as well as the routing of court papers. Assists with file management, scanning, and keeping court records.
  
• Mediator – aids and leads parties in reaching an agreement. The mediator does not decide the conclusion, but rather assists the parties in understanding and focusing on the critical issues that must be addressed in order to reach an agreement.
  
• Lawyer – qualified to interpret laws, rules, and judgements and performs legal research. Wills, deeds, contracts, litigation, and appeals are among the legal papers they prepare. They may also supervise paralegals or legal assistants. A lawyer might specialize in a variety of areas within the legal profession.
  
• Jury consultant – do pretrial research to prepare lawyers for a case, which may involve conducting background checks on potential jurors, establishing juror profiles, conducting simulated trials, and interviewing people from various demographic groups.
  
• Forensic scientist – assists in the collection, preservation, and analysis of physical evidence. They analyze accidents and crime scenes to see what evidence should be collected and how it should be obtained, such as by physical samples or by photography. A background in engineering or law enforcement is common. They investigate the specifics of an accident to determine how it happened and, ultimately, who is to blame.

• Computer forensics professional – used by law enforcement agencies and private companies to track, find, and extract digital material essential for criminal investigations. Using file recovery programs and encryption decoding software, computer forensics experts scan storage devices like SSDs and hard drives for deleted or hidden content.