Contracts
•Requirements for a valid contract.
•What are offer, acceptance, consideration, legality, capacity, and consent?
The purpose of a corporation
What is to act as a legal entity that can own property, incur liabilities, protect shareholders and conductbusiness?
•The main purpose of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
•What is to establish minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards?
• Roles and tasks of the paralegal when it comes to depositions
•What are preparing deposition summaries, organizing exhibits, and assisting attorneys during depositions?
•What S.W.O.T. stands for in a business plan and its importance
•What is Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, and it is important because it helps identify strategic factors, potential risks and liabilities?
•A new offer made in response to an original offer.
•What is a counteroffer?
The purpose of the corporate board of directors
What is to oversee the management of the corporation and make strategic decisions?
•The "at-will" employment doctrine
•What is the doctrine that allows employers to terminate employees at any time without cause, except for illegal reasons?
•Various goals of discovery in the litigation process
•What are to gather evidence, clarify facts, and prepare for trial?
•Different business entities and their pros and cons
•What are sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, and LLC, each having different tax implications, liability protection, and operational complexities?
•The purpose of an intra-office legal memo
•What is to communicate legal analysis, advice, or updates within a law firm?
CSR stands for and why it is important
What is Corporate Social Responsibility, and it is important because it promotes ethical business practices andcan enhance a company's reputation?
•Differences between a contract employee and a full-time employee
•What are that contract employees work for a specific period or project and typically do not receive benefits, whereas full-time employees have ongoing employment and often receive benefits?
•Ethics paralegals must comply with in litigation
•What are confidentiality, competency, conflict of interest, avoiding unauthorized practice of law, ongoing duty to update discovery when needed, and comply with clawback clauses when applicable.
•The process for E-Filing a document from beginning to end
•What are preparing the document, logging into the e-filing system, uploading the document, paying any necessary fees, and confirming the submission?
•The purpose of a corporation
•What is to act as a legal entity that can own property, incur liabilities, protect shareholders and conduct business?
•Differences between exempt and non-exempt employees under the FLSA
•What is that exempt employees are not entitled to overtime pay and are typically salaried, whereas non-exempt employees are entitled to overtime pay and are usually paid hourly?
•Tools used in the discovery process
•What are interrogatories, depositions, requests for production of documents, and requests for admissions?
•Jurisdictional Allegations in a Complaint
•What are Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Personal Jurisdiction and Venue
•The purpose of the corporate board of directors
•What is to oversee the management of the corporation and make strategic decisions?
• Roles and tasks of the paralegal when it comes to depositions
•What are preparing deposition summaries, organizing exhibits, and assisting attorneys during depositions?
•Potential responses to the initial complaint
•What are an answer, motion to dismiss, and counterclaim?