Education and Training For Your Legal Team

Thank you for offering to be available to help me with any questions I might have had in formatting the Answer Brief I had due yesterday in the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Fortunately, as I became more familiar with the “architecture” of your template, along with referring to your “Formatting Complex Pleadings in Microsoft Word” whenever I encountered some difficulty, I was able to timely file a very nicely formatted Answer Brief. In a business world where, the buyer is often left to his or her own resources if any questions or difficulties arise, it is good to find people like you.

I realized the other day that it was about a year ago that I attended the amazing CLE that you presented at the NCBA annual meeting in Wilmington. I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you SO MUCH for passing along so many helpful tools to get and stay organized. I am happy to report that, 12 months later, I have managed to incorporate many of your suggestions into my daily and weekly routines. As a result, I am much better organized, productive and happier! Declaring email bankruptcy felt incredible, and I’ve kept up with inbox zero ever since. What a delight!

This is about the fifth or sixth different MS Word program that I have participated in since this member benefit began. This Affinity Consulting arrangement (with associated programs) for the benefit of members is the greatest member benefit the [Colorado Bar Association] has initiated since I joined the bar association in 1973! And the MS Word programs are the greatest and most essential skill maintenance/update training for lawyers and staff.

My experience with Affinity thus far as been limited, however, it has been excellent! I first sat in on a couple of trainings that Mr. Henley did at a small firm conference I attended and he was amazing. I never knew what all Microsoft Word could do! The people who taught the classes were great and you could tell that they love their jobs and that they definitely know what they are doing! We even had some issues upgrading our Hot Docs version and Mr. Henley and his team went above and beyond to help us get them straightened out and made my job a lot easier!

If you really want to begin to understand the MS Word program, Barron Henley is the guy you want to talk to

I learned more in one hour with Mr. Henley than in twenty years of fumbling. Very helpful.

Affinity provides phenomenal information through articles, research, webinars, and podcasts. We have used their training courses and taken advantage of their articles as a starting place for our own research or as confirmation that we are on the right track. They provide so much that it’s hard to capture in a testimonial!

Just when you thought your “mastery” of Microsoft Word was “good enough,” along comes Affinity’s Barron Henley to disabuse you in style (or as Word calls it, “Styles”).

Affinity helped us on two fronts—first and foremost with Word training. Many of our assistants, who were originally trained on WordPerfect, found Word to be an entirely different animal. Danielle’s training transformed that. Whether it was live or pre-recorded, it gave our team the skills and confidence to handle things like styles and codes in incoming pleadings.

Now, when someone needs to create a table of contents or table of authorities, they know exactly where to find the right snippet. It’s made our assistants more productive, confident, and just happier overall.

We’ve hired Affinity for several projects, starting with Affinity Insight. We use it to store all our training, and each month we have virtual trainers create sessions tailored specifically to our firm. That level of customization is incredibly valuable.