What is an employee who is still in law school or who has completed law school and is waiting to pass the bar examtion.
Law clerk
100
What is the interaction among coworkers who do not always have the same goals, expectations, abilities, or timetables for performing the work of the office.
Office politics
100
What is a law firm that generates its income from the the fees of individual clients.
Private law firm
100
What is regulation entity for laywers in California
California State Bar
100
One who operate his or her own business and contract to work for attorneys.
What is an freelace paralegal.
200
What is a fee that is paid only if the case is successfully resolved by litigation or settlement.
Contingent fee
200
What is evaluation used by law firms to gauge competence.
Performance review
200
What is one non-practice legal field Paralegals can be found.
Law librarians, service or consulting firms, etc.
200
What is another commonly used name for a Paralegal
Legal Assistant
200
What is legal code that defines a Paralegal.
Business and Professions Code Section 6450
300
What is an association of two or more individuals who jointly own a business.
Partnership
300
The hourly rate that a law office actually collects from the billable hours submitted by an attorney or paralegal.
What is relization rate.
300
What is training in the law that a person receives after completing his or formal legal training.
Continuing legal education
300
What is a paralegal who is an employee of an attorney.
Traditional Paralegal
300
Describe the function of a corporate legal department.
It provides legal services to its only client, the corporation.
400
According to the book, what is critical to the success of a law firm.
Effective Timekeeping
400
What federal agency could a victim of sexual harassment use.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
400
When look for Paralegal employment, what is one of the two keys to success.
Information (about the employment scene) and Techniques (to market yourself)
400
What is term used for the average law firms in the community charge their clients for paralegal time?
Prevailing Market Rate
400
Approximately how many attornys practice in the private sector.
70%
500
What is decentralized filing in a law firm.
A file management system that does not place all files in one centralized location.
500
Where are you likely to find career ladders in law.
Large law firms
500
How can you avoid contaminating a law office where you are seeking employment.
Conflict of Interest check
500
What is nonclerical tasks that require legal experience or training; tasks that justify an award of paralegal fees.
Substantive legal work
500
Name one of the five categories of a career development file.
Resume, job history, work accomplishments, professional activies, conflict-of-interest data