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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. When the law is applied to the client's facts and the result is not obvious - an issue is created.






2. A computer search that identifies every place in which the search term appears in the actual text of the document being searched.






3. The new legal principle established by a court opinion.






4. A privately published statutory code that includes editorial features - such as summaries of court opinions that have interpreted the statutes.






5. A law promulgated by an administrative agency.






6. An ADR mechanism whereby the parties submit their disagreement to a third party - whose decision is binding.






7. A set of standardized jury instructions.






8. Courts that determine the facts and apply the law to the facts.






9. A nonlawyer who provides legal services directly to the public without being under the supervision of an attorney. Absent a statute allowing this activity - it constitutes the unauthorized practice of law.






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






11. A person who initiates an appeal.






12. A defense whereby the defendant offers new evidence to avoid judgment.






13. A person who permits or directs another person to act on the principal's behalf.






14. The power of a court to force a person to appear before it.






15. A request that the court prohibit the use of certain evidence at the trial.






16. When more than one court has jurisdiction to hear a case.






17. 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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18. An agreement supported by consideration.






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






20. Cases that involve similar facts and rules of law.






21. Governmental publication of court opinions.






22. Also known as cause in fact - this is measured by the 'but for' standard: But for the defendant's actions - the plaintiff would not have been injured.






23. A professional entity in which the owners share in the organization's profits but are not liable for the malpractice of their partners.






24. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from working for opposing sides in a case.






25. An intentional act that creates a reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive physical contact.






26. Questions relating to what happened: who - what - when - where - and how.






27. The requirement that defendants be notified of their rights to remain silent and to have an attorney present prior to being questioned by the police.






28. 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.






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






30. A compilation of federal administrative regulations arranged by agency.






31. The right of the police to detain an individual for a brief period of time and to search the outside of the person's clothing if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the individual has committed or is about to commit crime.






32. An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.






33. 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.






34. A claim by a defendant against someone in addition to the persons the plaintiff has already sued.






35. The rules whereby all members of a law firm are treated as though they had represented the former client.






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






37. A reason for invalidating a statute where it covers both protected and criminal activity.






38. A request made to the court.






39. A judicial philosophy that supports a limited role for the judiciary in changing the law - including deference to the legislative branch.






40. Law that deals with harm to society as a whole.






41. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was forced to take an action to avoid a greater harm.






42. The tort theory that an employer can be sued for the negligent acts of its employees.






43. An assumption that something that is not real is real-for example - saying that a corporation is a person for purposes of its being able to sue and be sued.






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






45. A document that lists statements regarding specific items for the other party to admit or deny.






46. Either a subcategory of relevancy or simply another word for relevancy - the requirement that the evidence be more probative than prejudicial.






47. 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.






48. Rules of conduct promulgated and enforced by the government.






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






50. The power of a court to hear a particular type of case.