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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Courts that determine whether lower courts have made errors of law.






2. Attorney compensation as a percentage of the amount recovered rather than a flat amount of money or an hourly fee.






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






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






5. When nonlawyers do things that only lawyers are allowed to do. In most states this is a crime.






6. Occurs whenever one person - through force or the threat of force - unlawfully detains another person against his or her will.






7. The opinion of a jury on a question of fact.






8. Disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that harm will result.






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






10. Someone in court testifying to what someone said out of court for the purpose of establishing the truth of what was said.






11. A method for interpreting statutes in which the ordinary meaning of the statute's language is examined.






12. A claim by the defendant against the plaintiff.






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






14. 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.






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






16. The authority of a court to hear a case when it is initiated - as opposed to appellate jurisdiction.






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






18. Evidence that does not add any new information but that confirms facts that already have been established.






19. Proof that the evidence is what it is said to be.






20. '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.






21. An activity that requires professional judgment - or the educational ability to relate law to a specific legal problem.






22. A business run by two or more persons as co-owners.






23. A paralegal who works as an independent contractor rather than as an employee of a law firm or corporation.






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






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






26. 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.






27. A defendant's plea meaning that the defendant neither admits nor denies the charges.






28. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






29. Questions relating to the interpretation or application of the law.






30. A computer program that allows the user to retrieve web documents that match the key words entered by the searcher.






31. The process of properly identifying and authenticating evidence so that it can be introduced.






32. Rules and regulations created by administrative agencies.






33. 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.






34. A tangible object or a right or ownership interest.






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






36. Being informed of some act done or about to be done.






37. A national association of paralegal associations.






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






39. Summary of one legal point in a court opinion; written by the editors at West.






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






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






42. Land and objects permanently attached to land.






43. 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.






44. Fairness; a court's power to do justice. Equity powers allow judges to take action when otherwise the law would limit their decisions to monetary awards. Equity powers include a judge's ability to issue an injunction and to order specific performance






45. Without the need for a warrant - the police may seize objects that are openly visible.






46. Violation of a statute as proof of negligence






47. The pretrial oral questioning of a witness under oath.






48. In a case brief - facts that deal with what happened to the parties before the litigation began.






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






50. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.