In a legal memorandum, when discussing how other cases have addressed an issue that you are analyzing, you need to include __________ the cases
a. Legal sources for
b. Quotations from
c. References to
d. Citations to
D
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Effective complaints are:
a. Long and wordy b. Heavily reliant on legalese c. Clear and concise d. Heavily reliant on legalese and clear and concise
A “life prolonging procedure” is usually defined as any:
a. life enhancing medical procedure that is approved of by the personal representative. b. treatment, procedure, or intervention which uses mechanical or artificial means to restore, sustain, or replace a bodily function, without which the individual's life would cease. c. life restorative actions approved by the local medical examiner. d. none of the above
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. An “A-B trust” is also called a credit shelter trust. 2. A “bypass trust” requires the trustor to create two trusts. 3. A “QTIP” trust is a tax provision that allows a trustor to create a trust giving a life interest of all the trust income to a surviving spouse—the remaining trust property passing to someone other than the surviving spouse upon spouse’s death. 4. In a “life insurance trust,” after the trustor creates a revocable trust, he names his trust as the named insurance beneficiary on a life insurance policy, with a beneficiary as the insured. 5. “Charitable trusts” truly do not benefit charitable organizations, but are designed to benefit individuals.
Candice has been hired as a new paralegal in a firm that bills out her services. She is concerned that because she is new, she won't be able to bill out enough to satisfy the firm at her first review in six months. Which of the following is an acceptable solution to that problem?
a. She can talk to her supervising attorney or paralegal manager about either getting more work, or establishing a realistic goal. b. She can bill Client A for the work she is doing, and bill Client B for the same time, because she is waiting for the opposing party to arrive for their deposition. c. She can estimate the amount of time she feels she needs to bill, and allocate the shortfall among all her clients. d. She can round up to the next hour, and charge for time spent preparing client bills.