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Paralegal 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A national association of paralegal managers.






2. 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.






3. Used to describe legislation that changes the common law.






4. A judicial philosophy that supports a limited role for the judiciary in changing the law - including deference to the legislative branch.






5. An affidavit signed by the client indicating that he or she has read the complaint and that its contents are correct.






6. 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.






7. The law itself - such as statutes and court opinions.






8. 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.






9. An advance or down payment that is given to engage the services of an attorney.






10. When an appellate court overturns or negates the decision of a lower court.






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






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






13. A requirement that a party fulfill his or her contractual obligations.






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






15. Bad act.






16. The rule requiring that the original document be produced at trial.






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. A right to use property owned by another for a limited purpose.






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






23. The decision of the court regarding the claims of each side. It may be based on a jury's verdict.






24. A claim by one defendant against another defendant or by one plaintiff against another plaintiff.






25. A test that provides that the defendant is not guilty due to insanity if - at the time of the killing - the defendant suffered from a defect or disease of the mind and could not understand whether the act was right or wrong.

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






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. How subsequent cases have affected the case you are Shepardizing. It is sometimes indicated by a one-letter abbreviation before the Shepard's citation.






29. A provision that purports to waive liability.






30. 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.






31. A claim that based on the law and the facts is sufficient to support a lawsuit. If the plaintiff does not state a valid cause of action in the complaint - the court will dismiss it.






32. Courts that determine whether lower courts have made errors of law.






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






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






35. 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.






36. General principles that guide the courts in their interpretation of statutes.






37. 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.






38. Affiliated with the federal government's Legal Services Corporation - these offices serve those who would otherwise be unable to afford legal assistance.






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






40. The transfer of a case from one state court to a federal court.






41. A person who initiates an appeal.






42. The failure to act reasonably under the circumstances.






43. Techniques for resolving conflicts that are alternatives to full-scale litigation. The two most common are arbitration and mediation.






44. Law that regulates how the legal system operates.






45. In logic - a belief that justifies one in arguing a conclusion.






46. A defense requiring proof that the defendant was forced to take an action to avoid a greater harm.






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






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






49. 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.






50. The purpose of the legislature at the time it enacted the statute.