What is the ethical obligation of a paralegal to the firm's clients?
What will be an ideal response?
The ethical obligations of the attorney are extended to the paralegal. As an agent of the attorney, the paralegal must act with the same best interests and ethical constraints as the attorney, such as confidentiality, competence, and loyalty. Additionally, the work product doctrine has been interpreted to extend the duty of confidentiality and privilege to those who assist the attorney in the representation of the client's interests.
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The unlawful killing of one human being by another without malice aforethought is:
a. manslaughter b. 3rd degree murder c. felonious homicide d. misdemeanor murder
Paralegal programs that want to be aba approved must have at least the following number of semester hours, which includes general education and legal specialty courses:
Basil and Manuel are having lunch one day. Manuel knows Basil is studying to be a paralegal and asks him how his studies are coming along. Basil explains that right now he is taking a course in real estate law and he is studying contracts. Manuel replies that he has always been interested in how a contract works but does not know much about what elements are necessary in order to create a valid
contract. If you were Basil, how would you fully explain the elements of a valid contract? What will be an ideal response?
The __________ allows you to type a description of an issue without the use of terms and connectors in order to retrieve the most relevant documents
a. Natural language method b. Boolean search method c. Terms and connections method d. Lexis finder method