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






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






3. A system of government in which the authority to govern is split between a single - nationwide central government and several regional governments that control specific geographical areas.






4. Questions that suggest the answer.






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






6. The questioning of an opposing witness.






7. An approach whereby the courts give a statute a broad interpretation.






8. '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.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Law that creates rights and duties.






14. An ADR mechanism whereby the parties submit their disagreement to a third party - whose decision is binding.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. All property that is not real property.






21. Law that deals with harm to an individual.






22. A national association of paralegal managers.






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






24. A national organization of paralegal programs that promotes high standards for paralegal education.






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






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






27. Body of law that has evolved from judicial decisions in cases that do not involve constitutional - statutory - or administrative regulation interpretation.






28. A computerized database that contains key information about the content of documents - such as medical records.






29. A calendering system that records key dates and important deadlines.






30. 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.






31. A statement of the court's decision that contains many of the case's specific facts - thereby limiting its future applicability to a narrow range of cases.






32. Part of the Model Penal Code; a test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant lacked either the ability to understand that the act was wrong or the ability to control the behavior.






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






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






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






36. A term used to describe two cases that are almost identical - with similar facts and legal issues.






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






38. A constitutional fairness requirement that a defendant have at least a certain minimum level of contact with a state before the state courts can have jurisdiction over the defendant.






39. The ethical rule prohibiting attorneys and paralegals from working for opposing sides in a case.






40. A person who initiates a lawsuit.






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






42. The right of the police to detain an individual for a brief period of time and to search the outside of the person's clothing if the police have a reasonable suspicion that the individual has committed or is about to commit crime.






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






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






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






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






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






48. Standard used by appellate courts when reviewing a trial court's findings of fact.






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






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