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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. A request that the court order that certain information not be mentioned in the presence of the jury.






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






6. 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.






7. 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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8. In a case brief - facts that relate to what happened procedurally in the lower courts or administrative agencies before the case reached the court issuing the opinion.






9. A motion brought before the beginning of a trial either to eliminate the necessity for a trial or to limit the information that can be heard at the trial.






10. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law so that its prior decision is no longer good law.






11. A decision is overruled when a court in a later case changes the law that the decision in the earlier case is no longer good law.






12. A court's power to review statutes to decide if they conform to the federal or a state constitution.






13. Occurs when the police restrain a person's freedom and charge the person with a crime.






14. A rule of evidence that prevents an attorney or a paralegal from being compelled to testify about confidential client information.






15. A method for measuring the relative negligence of the plaintiff and the defendant - with a commensurate sharing of the compensation for the injuries.






16. A set of standardized jury instructions.






17. 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.






18. Written questions sent by one side to the opposing side - answered under oath.






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






20. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






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






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






23. The process by which individuals or organizations have their names placed on an official list kept by some private organization or governmental agency.






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






25. A requirement that property be fit for the purpose for which it is being rented. Owners are required to repair and maintain the premises at certain minimum levels.






26. The division of governmental power among the legislative - executive - and judicial branches.






27. 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.






28. Monetary compensation - including compensatory - punitive - and nominal damages.






29. All property that is not real property.






30. Broad questions that put few limits on the freedom of the respondent.






31. Information that tells the reader the name of the case - where it can be located - the court that decided it - and the year it was decided. The Bluebook gives precise rules as to how case citations are to be written.






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






33. A provision that purports to waive liability.






34. The process of organizing statutes by subject matter.






35. The standard of proof most commonly used in civil trials. The evidence presented must prove that it is more likely than not the defendant committed the wrong.






36. 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.






37. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






38. Something of value exchanged to form the basis of a contract.






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






40. 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.






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






42. A system developed to shield an attorney or a paralegal from a case that otherwise would create a conflict of interest.






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






44. 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.






45. A court's power to hear only specialized cases.






46. A statute establishing and setting out the powers of an administrative agency.






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






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






49. In logic - an argument is considered to be valid or sound if the assumption underlying the argument are true.






50. Consists of the description of events that a witness testifies to under oath in a legal proceeding.