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






2. Intangible assets - such as trade secrets - copyrights - patents - and trade or service marks.






3. The questioning of your own witness.






4. 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.






5. An examination of a prospective juror to see if he or she is fit to serve as a juror on a specific case.






6. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.






7. Not factually true - but accepted by the courts as being legally true.






8. A set of standardized jury instructions.






9. A criminal proceeding at which the court informs the defendant of the charges being brought against him or her and the defendant enters a plea.






10. The judge informs the jurors of the law they need to know to make their decision.






11. The number of hours - or parts of an hour - that can be charged to a specific client.






12. A determination that an attorney may not practice law for a set period of time.






13. A summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






14. A judicial philosophy that supports an active role for the judiciary in changing the law.






15. A decision is affirmed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court agrees with what the lower court has done.






16. Powers not stated in the Constitution but that are necessary for Congress to carry out other - expressly granted powers.






17. 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.






18. Someone who has the power to act in the place of another.






19. 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.






20. When an appellate court that normally sits in panels sits as a whole.






21. Money awarded to a plaintiff in cases of intentional torts in order to punish the defendant and serve as a warning to others.






22. A national voluntary organization of lawyers.






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






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






25. Information about what happened procedurally to the cited case before it was heard by the cited court. Do not include this information in a citation.






26. Examples of legal writing include case briefs - law office memoranda - and documents filed with the court.






27. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






28. In a case brief - the court's answer to the issue presented to it; the new legal principle established by a court opinion.






29. A court's power to hear any type of case arising within its geographical area.






30. How subsequent cases have affected the case you are Shepardizing. It is sometimes indicated by a one-letter abbreviation before the Shepard's citation.






31. The defense's request that the court find the prosecution failed to meet its burden and that it remove the case from the jury by finding the defendant not guilty.






32. In deductive reasoning - the second proposition - which along with the major premise leads to the conclusion; in law - the minor premise consists of the client's facts.






33. Generally accepted legal principles.






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






35. An affidavit signed by the client indicating that he or she has read the complaint and that its contents are correct.






36. A judgment that reverses the verdict of the jury when the verdict had no reasonable factual support or was contrary to law.






37. The final paragraph in a written legal analysis that summarizes the writer's conclusions.






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






39. Being the victem of repeated attacks - self-defense is sometimes allowed to the victim - even when the victim is not in immediate danger.

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40. A fee calculated as a percentage of the settlement or award in the case.






41. A meeting of the attorneys and the judge prior to the beginning of the trial.






42. Bad intent.






43. A statute that changes the common law.






44. Governmental publication of court opinions.






45. The process of finding the law.






46. A request made to the court.






47. In a case brief - the rule of law applied to the case's specific facts.






48. A method adopted by the federal rules in which the plaintiff simply informs the defendant of the claim and the general basis for it.






49. To perform.






50. An opinion that disagrees with the majority's decision and reasoning.