LawCo Staff Portal

Start here, whatever your role. Your first week: the systems you'll use, how the firm communicates, what confidentiality and privilege require of you, and the tools at your discretion and disposal. Every path in Chambers assumes it.

For associates new to the practice area. Twelve weeks from first login to supervised practice: how a matter moves, how discovery actually runs, and the judgment calls in between. The path ends in a capstone review.

For paralegals, from first day to your own caseload. Three stages (foundation, supervised work, independent practice), each built on the firm's working standards.

For experienced attorneys joining the firm. You already know the law; this covers how this firm runs matters, its systems, workflow and standards, so you can take on a live caseload quickly.

For the people who run the business side. The PNC Team, billing and trust accounting, timekeeping and firm systems: how work gets into the firm, gets paid for, and stays compliant.

For law students spending a summer with the firm. A week-by-week program covering orientation, courtroom observation, a full discovery exercise on a synthetic matter, and parenting plans, with a deliverable to show for each week.

Practice the calls before a real file asks for them. Judgment simulations on the firm's Training Matter, for associates and paralegals alike. You decide, the simulation pushes back, and you leave with a memo of what you chose and why, including where you think it got it wrong.

Every Washington county in one place: its local rules, motion calendars and deadlines, and how its court actually runs, with a deadline calculator built in.

How to file and serve in Washington's central counties: which portal to use, fees, routing proposed orders, working copies, and the reasons filings get rejected. Plus messenger filing where e-filing doesn't reach.

A short set of questions about the matter in front of you. It identifies which protection order fits under ch. 7.105 RCW, works out how service has to happen, and builds the forms checklist. Copy the summary or print a memo. Nothing you enter is stored.

The discovery bench: tools that build, gather and account for the documents a case runs on. A subpoena duces tecum (SDT) workflow, the client's financial declaration intake, and King County's LFLR 10 financial checklist.

How a matter moves through its stages and phases, and who does what at each: the PNC Team, paralegals, discovery staff and the matter attorney. Shown as a matrix or as swimlanes.

Today's common deadlines at a glance: five business days, 14 and 30 calendar days, and the earliest date an SDT can be served after notice. Calculated in Pacific Time.

How each kind of matter actually runs in Washington, one guide per matter type or stage: the forms, the filings, the deadlines and the order you do them in. The Benchbook tells you the law; the Keystones tell you the steps.

The court forms themselves, annotated: which sections matter, what each one does, and where the traps are, with every panel linked to the current official form. The Keystones give you the sequence; Form Anatomy shows you the document.

The craft of practice rather than the law: writing briefs, declarations and proposed orders, taking depositions, preparing for trial, researching, and meeting your professional obligations to clients and the court.

Plain-English field guides to the firm's everyday tools: what an error means, which tool a task belongs in, and the habits that head off problems.

Every AI skill the firm uses, in one catalogue: what each does, who runs it, and where it fits in the life of a matter.

The firm's working reference to Washington law and procedure, organized by topic: the foundations, how a matter moves through its phases, and each substantive area, with the full-text sources behind it.

A complete synthetic case file to learn on: every document, folder by folder, as a real matter would hold it, each one annotated. Not a real matter: the parties are invented, and the cause number carries letters so it can't be mistaken for a filing. The associate and paralegal paths and Mock Trials all work from it.

Who the firm is and how it works together: mission and values, culture, workplace conduct, and HR, benefits and administration.

The platforms everyone uses and the basics every staff member needs: the technology stack, security, file sharing, phones and video meetings.

The policies that govern client work: document handling, house style, client communication, AI use, confidentiality and privilege, and the system of record for every matter.

Facilities and logistics for each office: building access, parking, mail handling, maintenance requests and letterhead.

The money side of an engagement: fee and billing terms, and how trust and evergreen retainers work.

How to record time: billable entries and the standards they must meet, and, for non-exempt staff, reporting hours worked. Includes an increment reference, common situations and a month-end checklist.

Court holidays and firm closures, and what they do to your deadlines.