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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An examination of a prospective juror to see if he or she is fit to serve as a juror on a specific case.






2. A token sum awarded when liability has been found but monetary damages cannot be shown.






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






4. Federal and state rules that regulate how criminal proceedings are conducted.






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






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






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






8. A decision is reversed when an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






9. Not susceptible to a precise definition; a belief based on specific facts that a crime has been or is about to be committed; more than a reasonable suspicion.






10. 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.






11. When a person must be brought into a lawsuit as either a plaintiff or a defendant.






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






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






14. A trial court error that is not sufficient to warrant reversing the decision.






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






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






17. Liability without having to prove fault.






18. The requirement in a legal malpractice case that the plaintiff-client prove that but for the attorney's negligence - the client would have won.






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






20. The highest federal appellate court - consisting of nine appointed members.






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






22. The standard of proof used in criminal trials. The evidence represented must be so conclusive and complete that all reasonable doubts regarding the facts are removed from the jurors' minds.






23. The revocation of an attorney's license.






24. 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.






25. Information about what happened procedurally to the litigation after the case cited. Include this information in a citation.






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






27. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






28. 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.






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






30. An introductory paragraph listing issues to be discussed in the order they are to be discussed.






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






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






33. Law that deals with harm to a person or a person's property.






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






35. Determined by whether the evidence leads one to logically conclude that an asserted fact is either more or less probable.






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






37. The process after arrest that includes taking the defendant's personal information - giving the defendant an opportunity to read and sign a Miranda card - and allowing the defendant the opportunity to use a telephone.






38. A decision is reversed when the litigants appeal the trial court decision and the higher court disagrees with the decision of a lower court.






39. A compilation of federal or state statutes in which the statutes are organized by subject matter rather than by year of enactment.






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






41. 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.






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






43. Bad intent.






44. What the prosecution or plaintiff must be able to prove in order for the case to go to the jury-that is - the elements of the prosecution's case or the plaintiff's cause of action.






45. A book that contains court opinion headnotes arranged by subject matter.






46. Information that can be presented in a court of law as proof of some fact.






47. A computerized database that contains the full text of documents - such as court opinions or depositions.






48. A statutory citation is a formalized method for referring to a statute's chapter (or title) and section numbers.






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






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