Getting started – Why this book? Law school is not an easy place. After struggling for a year or two‚ and overcoming numerous hurdles when you land up in the world of your dreams‚ you realise that the battle has just began. Coming from a school and the comfortable environment of a home (unless you went to a boarding school) – one feels like stepping into a hot cauldron of expectations‚ academic pressure‚ opportunities of every kind and a feeling of hanging from a cliff. A law school puts a lot
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Heather Proper Contract Law 07/24/2014 To further develop your skill in identifying and defining the characteristics of offer and acceptance‚ complete the assignment below. Write out the answers to Review Questions 1 through 10 on page 24 of your textbook 1. Define the concepts of precedent and stare decisis. Precedent is prior decisions of the same court or a higher court that a judge must follow. Stare decisis “ Stand by the thing decided” Related to the concept of precedent; Rule that
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PARALEGALS AND THE OBSTACLES THEY FACE: HOW TO CHANGE THE ROLE OF THE PARALEGAL IN THE LAW FIELD. In today’s legal world‚ the paralegal profession has faced many ethical and professional issues such as: computers‚ research‚ billing‚ confidentiality and professional status. The paralegals play a major role in many attorney offices and are valuable asset. The diverse role of a paralegal in today’s society includes many jobs and responsibilities. Knowledge of research is an important aspect of
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Lawyer The working field I want to link my future with is becoming a lawyer. Lawyer is a complicated profession that has a lot of responsibilities- to find evidence‚ to defend a person using them‚ to argue someones rights‚ to give advices on the right ruling of the company. Even though lawyer is one of the hardest and most risky professions‚ many people choose it as their future career because of its prestige in the society and the amount of money it gives them. A lawyer is needed not only in
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Making a Claim with Bury Personal Injury Solicitors If you have decided to make a compensation claim for a personal injury you have suffered that wasn’t your fault‚ then you may wondering if it is really worth it to use the services of a personal injury solicitor. It is true that some personal injury cases can be quite straightforward if the person or organisation held responsible accepts liability and offers a reasonable settlement to the victim. However‚ there are even more cases that can be very
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The movie I have selected to for this assignment is Erin Brockovich. This movie is not only one of my favorites‚ it also parallels one of our class themes‚ "American Dream to American Nightmare". Although less obvious‚ it also demonstrates our class theme of "reification". Because it correlates with two of our fours class themes‚ I have decided to write on Erin Brockovich. One of the appeals of Erin Brockovich is that the movie is based on a true story. In a nutshell‚ Erin rises from being an
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(un authorized practice of law). As a paralegal‚ Sally can’t establish client-attorney relationships‚ set legal fees‚ give opinions or advice that involve legal matters‚ or even represent Molly before the court with her case. These things listed are called UPL’s. If an attorney messes with the UPL’s the consequences could be being reprimanded‚ which is being firmly scolded. She could be suspended‚ which is temporarily being unable to practice as a paralegal for a short time. Sally could even be Disbarred
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The reason that I chose Paralegal for a career path‚ was that I want to help people. I knew that I didn’t want to be something direct‚ like I Doctor or Lawyer‚ but Paralegal is something that I think I would be great at. You need to know computers‚ and writing‚ and how to be organized‚ which is something that I am. Helping people is something that I have always wanted to do. When I was in High School‚ I thought about being a Forensic Scientist‚ which would also help people‚ but I realized that‚ that
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Introduction Erin Brockovich is a movie that dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich’s legal fight against the energy giant Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). The film is directed by Steven Soderbergh and actress Julia Roberts plays the lead role for which she subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actress.The movie brings into light the events Erin Brockovich went through in her life in the 1990’s‚ from being an unemployed single mother‚ to filing litigation against PG&E‚ and winning a huge
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Paralegal Paralegal Paralegals may not be the head honcho in the courtroom before a judge and jury. The behind the scene work that a paralegal performs is crucial to a lawyer. Looking at all the tasks that paralegals are responsible for doing‚ people will definitely realize that paralegals are important to the legal process‚ almost to the same degree of the work that the attorney is doing. Paralegals do almost everything that lawyers do‚ except give legal advice or present cases in court
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