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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A rule that states that evidence obtained in violation of an individual's constitutional rights cannot be used against that individual in a criminal trial.






2. A contract that outlines the attorney's duties and the client's obligations regarding payment - on either an hourly or a contingency fee basis - as well as the client's responsibility reagarding costs and expenses.






3. Ownership by two or more persons who have equal rights in the use of the property. When a joint tenant dies - that person's share passes to the other joint tenant(s).






4. An opinion in which a majority of the court joins.






5. A transfer of real property rights that occurs after someone other than the owner has had actual - open - adverse - and exclusive use of the property for a statutorily determined number of years.






6. A person who assists an attorney and - working under the attorney's supervision - does tasks that - absent the paralegal - the attorney would do. A paralegal cannot give advice or appear in court.






7. An introductory paragraph listing issues to be discussed in the order they are to be discussed.






8. A trial court error that is not sufficient to warrant reversing the decision.






9. A separable part of a statute that must be satisfied for the statute to apply.






10. Generally someone operating within the law - representing persons before administrtive agencies that permit this practice.






11. Usually organized as either a partnership or a professional corporation - law clinics provide low-cost legal services on routine matters by stressing low overhead and high volume.






12. The decision of the court regarding the claims of each side. It may be based on a jury's verdict.






13. An intentional tort that covers a variety of situations - including disclosure - intrusion - appropriation - and false light.






14. An approach whereby the courts give a statute a narrow interpretation.






15. 'The thing speaks for itself'; the doctrine that suggest negligence can be presumed if an event happens that would not ordinarily happen unless someone was negligent.






16. A right to use property owned by another for a limited purpose.






17. Private publication of court opinions-for example - the regional reporters - such as N.E.2d - published by West.






18. Computer codes that - when clicked on with a mouse - connect the user to other web pages with related information






19. An authoritative secondary source - written by a group of legal scholars - summarizing the existing common law - as well as suggesting what the law should be.






20. A verdict ordered by a trial judge if the plaintiff fails to present a prima facie case or if the defendant fails to present a necessary defense.






21. Standard used by appellate courts when reviewing a trial court's findings of fact.






22. An opinion that agrees with the majority's result but disagrees with the reasoning.






23. The doctrine stating that normally once a court has decided one way on a particular issue - it and other courts in the same jurisdiction will decide the same way on that issue in future cases given similar facts unless they can be convinced of the ne






24. Part of the Model Penal Code; a test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant lacked either the ability to understand that the act was wrong or the ability to control the behavior.






25. A special type of joint tenancy applicable only to married couples.






26. An intentional act that creates a harmful or offensive physical contact.






27. An attorney's written argument presented to an appeals court - setting forth a statement of the law as it should be applied to the client's facts.






28. The law that sets the length of time from when something happens to when a lawsuit must be filed before the right to bring it is lost.






29. Governmental publication of court opinions.






30. What the prosecution or plaintiff must be able to prove in order for the case to go to the jury-that is - the elements of the prosecution's case or the plaintiff's cause of action.






31. All property that is not real property.






32. A test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant suffered from a defect or disease of the mind and could not understand whether the act was right or wrong.

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33. An ADR mechanism whereby a neutral third party assists the parties in reaching a mutually agreeable - voluntary compromise.






34. The educated ability to apply law to specific facts.






35. The rule requiring that the original document be produced at trial.






36. An issue that the court has never faced before.






37. The power of a court to hear a case.






38. A request that the court order a rehearing of a lawsuit because irregularities - such as errors of the court or jury misconduct - make it probable that an impartial trial do not occur.






39. An online legal databease containing court decisions and statutes from the entire country - as well as secondary authority; a competitor to Lexis.






40. A method for excusing a prospective juror based on the juror's inability to serve in an unbiased manner.






41. A public or private statement that an attorney's conduct violated the code of ethics.






42. When a person must be brought into a lawsuit as either a plaintiff or a defendant.






43. Books that contain appellate court decisions. There are both official and unofficial reporters.






44. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






45. A court order that ends a lawsuit; the suit cannot be refiled by the same parties.






46. Information that can be presented in a court of law as proof of some fact.






47. A constitutional protection against being tried twice for the same crime.






48. Establishes a direct link to the event that must be proven.






49. The party in a lawsuit against whom an appeal has been filed.






50. A decision is reversed when an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.