Describe the entities that have adopted guidelines for the utilization of paralegals and, briefly, the content of their guidelines.?
What will be an ideal response?
?TheNALA, the ABA, and many of the states have adopted guidelines for the utilization of paralegal services. These guidelines were created in response to questions concerning the role and function of paralegals within the legal arena that had arisen in earlier years, including the following: What are paralegals? What kinds of tasks do they perform? What are their professional responsibilities? How can attorneys best utilize paralegal services? What responsibilities should attorneys assume with respect to their assistants' work?The NALA's Model Standards and Guidelines for the Utilization of Paralegals provides guidance on several important issues. It begins by listing the minimum qualifications that legal assistants should have and then, in a series of guidelines, indicates what paralegals may and may not do. The ABA's Model Guidelines for the Utilization of Paralegal Services indicates, among other things, the types of tasks that a lawyer may not delegate to a paralegal and, generally, the responsibilities of attorneys with respect to paralegal performance and compensation.Most states have adopted some form of guidelines concerning the use of legal assistants by attorneys, the respective responsibilities of attorneys and legal assistants in performing legal work, the types of tasks paralegals may perform, and other ethically challenging areas of legal practice.Although the guidelines of some states reflect the influence of the NALA standards and guidelines, the state guidelines focus largely on state statutory definitions of the practice of law, state codes of ethics regulating the responsibilities of attorneys, and state court decisions.Paralegals should be sure to become familiar with their state's guidelines.
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a. Will likely not prevail on a theory of res ipsa loquitur because roof tiles regularly fall off roofs without anyone being negligent. b. Will likely not prevail on a theory of res ipsa loquitur because Jacob should have anticipated a roof tile would fall on him. c. Will likely not prevail on a theory of res ipsa loquitur because there is evidence RoofCo was not in exclusive control of the roof. d. Will likely prevail on a theory of res ipsa loquitur because all elements of res ipsa loquitur appear to have been met.
Explain the basics of intestacy laws and some of the keys issues surrounding intestacy.
What will be an ideal response?
Separate property will probably not transmute into marital property if:
A. It remains in a separate account. B. It is co-titled with the spouse. C. It was comingled and used for marital purposes. D. It was spent on a new family car.