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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How subsequent cases have affected the case you are Shepardizing. It is sometimes indicated by a one-letter abbreviation before the Shepard's citation.






2. Defendant's reply to the complaint. It may contain statements of denial - admission - or lack of knowledge and affirmative defenses.






3. A set of standardized jury instructions.






4. A method for excusing a prospective juror; no reason need be given.






5. A grand jury's written accusation that a given individual has committed a crime.






6. A court order authorizing a sheriff to take property in order to enforce a judgment.






7. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






8. Representing someone who is in a position adverse to a prior client.






9. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






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






11. 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.






12. When the product was not being used for its intended purpose or was being used in a dangerous manner; it is a defense to a products liability claim so long as the misuse was not foreseeable.






13. Negligence by the plaintiff that contributed to his or her injury. Normally - any finding of contributory negligence acts as a complete bar to a plaintiff's recovery.






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






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






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






17. A group of people - usually 23 - whose function is to determine if probable cause exists to believe that a crime has been committed and that the defendant committed it.






18. Relates to the ability of a witness to testify; generally - the witness must be capable of being understood by the jury; must understand the duty to tell the truth; and if a lay witness - must give testimony based on personal knowledge.






19. To perform.






20. When a higher court agrees with what lower court has done.






21. A suspicion based on specific facts; less than probable cause.






22. 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.






23. A statement in a judicial opinion not necessary for the decision of the case.






24. Evidence that suggests the defendant's innocence.






25. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.






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






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






28. When only one court has the power to hear a case.






29. The rule that in order to claim self-defense there must have been no possibility of retreat.






30. The general jurisdiction trial courts in the federal system.






31. Evidence that supports previous testimony but that comes in a different form.






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






33. Voluntarily and knowingly subjecting oneself to danger.






34. A case listed in Shepard's that cites your case.






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






36. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from disclosing information regarding a client or a client's case.






37. A statement of the court's decision in which the facts are either omitted or given in very general terms so that it will apply to a wider range of cases.






38. A defense requiring proof that the defendant would not have committed the crime but for police trickery.






39. 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.






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






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






42. The delivery of a pleading or other paper in a lawsuit to the opposing party.






43. A set charge for a specific service - such as drafting a simple will.






44. The revocation of an attorney's license.






45. Any tangible object - like a bloody glove.






46. When an appellate court sends a case back to the trial court for a new trial or other action.






47. A worldwide network of computer networks.






48. Located in most codified statutes - this table lists statutes by their popular names along with their citations.






49. The pleading that begins a lawsuit.






50. 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.







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