February 25‚ 2014 Legal Writing Legal Brief Assignment No. 2 FACTS: Dan is a trained paralegal who works for Erie Bank in Lakewood‚ Ohio. One day‚ Mary walks into the bank to apply for a mortgage loan to purchase a new house. She and Dan have a long conversation about Mary taking out a mortgage. Mary is concerned that were she to default on her loan‚ her credit would be destroyed. In response‚ Dan tells her: Don’t worry about it. If you don’t pay your loan‚ the only remedy the bank has is
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LGL – 101 Fundamentals of Law American Government ERIN BROCKOVICH In the movie‚ Erin Brockovich is a very strong‚ provocative and gutsy divorced woman. She is a mother trying to support her three beautiful children. She finds herself involved in a motor vehicle accident and through a referral meets Ed Masry a partner of the law firm Masry & Vititoe. Brockovich had serious injuries from the accident and therefore sued the person responsible for crashing into her vehicle. Mr. Masry represented
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Author Name: Ishita Dixit E-mail ID: ishita.dsnlu@gmail.com Mob. no.: 9959609269 Affiliation: Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University‚ Vishakhapatnam‚ (A.P.) Designation: IVth year student‚ B.A. LL.B (Hons.) Co-Author Name: Trishna Roy E-mail ID: trishnaroy.legal@gmail.com Mob. no.: 8179971519 Affiliation: Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University‚ Vishakhapatnam‚ (A.P.) Designation: IInd year student‚ B.A. LL.B (Hons.) THEME: - IMPORTANCE OF FORENSICM ACCOUNTING IN DETECTING FINANCIAL
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Law: The paralegal and UPL Polly Paralegal finds himself in an ethical dilemma when Mr. Stan Smith asks him “Do the grounds for divorce in North Carolina include adultery?” A day later‚ the wife of Stan Smith asks if she has grounds for divorce in the same state because her husband has committed adultery. If Polly Paralegal answers that question for either one of his friends he will be committing UPL or Unauthorized Practice of Law. The consequences for UPL can be devastating to a paralegal and the
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prior experience running a law firm and/or a business. Project Overview The purpose of this transformation is to incorporate a strong personnel in the law firm that will allow the office to function better on a day-to-day basis. There is a need to hire at least ten (10) new legal employees that will be able to handle the daily workflow in the law firm. The law firm needed an Office Manager to oversee the entire office and generate the work to each employee. The Office Manager is also responsible
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other services. It is outside the paralegal’s scope of practice to deal with matters involving wills or family law‚ including divorce. This was a direct violation of the Paralegal Rules of Conduct‚ “A paralegal shall not advertise services that are beyond the permissible scope of practice of a paralegal” (Rule 8.02(3). As a paralegal‚ it would be important for Jane Jones to avoid misleading any potential clients so that they do not assume that she is a lawyer. Jane Jones’ business name would have also
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where to sign a legal document. As simple of a question as it seems‚ this has a lot of responsibility pertaining to the lawyer and not the paralegal. The main reason why is because the legal rights of a client may be affected since the client may have to indicate representative capacity (Goldman and Cheeseman 44) 5. How can the paralegal avoid UPL? The paralegal can avoid UPL by informing clients and other parties that they are not lawyers (Goldman and Cheeseman 45). Most notably the
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contempt of court and writs of quo warranto are some of the actions states take for those who commit UPL. Paralegals or legal assistants are “a distinguishable group of persons who assist attorneys in the delivery of legal services”. They are not licensed to practice law. In the scenario giving‚ Polly Paralegals response is the only thing that can determine if she has committed UPL. If Polly Paralegal responds to Mr. Smiths question by stating “Yes‚ Mr. Smith in the state of North Carolina adultery has
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as a paralegal. This is a field that I expect will be both challenging as well as professionally rewarding. As a paralegal‚ I will assist attorneys in the delivery of legal services (National Association of Legal Assistants‚ 2008). A career in paralegal studies is a prestigious‚ professional adventure and offers a wonderful opportunity while enhancing ones knowledge of the law and provides for challenges‚ growth and advancement. After conducting research on this career‚ I found paralegals have
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matter. A client check off list will assist the paralegal as a guide while meeting with the client. At the initial client meeting‚ it would be helpful for the paralegal to get the following information: 1. Obtain the clients story in detail. 2. Evaluate the truths of the client’s story. (Is this a viable case?) 3. Get contact information for any potential witnesses or anyone that has more information that can help the case.
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