The Job Description of a Paralegal Abstract Paralegals assist lawyers in almost all aspects of their work. They research legal precedent, investigating facts, and preparing legal documents. They also research to support legal proceedings to prepare a defense, or to initiate legal actions. There are many types of paralegals and specializing in a specific field will help you secure higher pay. Like most professions the job description of a paralegal can go from general to broad.
Attorney-Clients Jennifer Daniel CJS\220 02/26/2014 Estanislao Rosas Attorney-Clients Attorney-client privilege is a loyal binding contract. This ensures that whatever you tell your attorney he or she can not repeat it. This is the oldest privilege recognized by Angelo, an American jurisprudence. This privilege goes back to the Roman public; it put in place for the English laws when Elizabeth 1 was Queen in the 16th century. The Attorney-client privilege is a concept of honor, trust, respect.
History of the Jury System Juries have been used in the legal system for over 1000 years. Originally they were used for providing local knowledge and information and acted more as witnesses than decision – makers. By the middle of the 15th Century, juries had become independent assessors and assumed their modern role as deciders of fact. Independence of the Jury Bushell’s Case (1670) – jurors refused to convict Quaker activists of unlawful assembly. The trial judge would not accept the ‘not guilty’ verdict and ordered the jurors to resume their deliberations without food or drink.
• Write an argument of 2–4 paragraphs in favor of the attorney's position or against it. • Do you believe that the judge should be held to a higher standard because of the fact that he works within the justice system? Why or why not? • Be sure to support your position with reference to relevant cases and/or other sources. • Be sure to cite all references in APA format.
M1 : Compare and contrast the role and function of judges, lawyers and lay people within the English courts. Magistrates are people who volunteer in a magistrate’s court; they have no formal legal qualifications and are part of a ‘bench’ which normally consists of 3 magistrates who listen to cases. The ‘bench’ can act as a jury if the defendant pleads not guilty and can also pass sentences. If the defendant was to plead not guilty the magistrates would simply pass a sentence. There is only one person in the magistrate’s court who is a qualified lawyer and that is the clerk of the court who advises the Magistrates on points of law.
According to James Wilson’s Book Bureaucracy (pg. 165), “a craft organization consists of operators whose activities are hard to observe but whose outcomes are relatively easy to evaluate.” The reason I felt this way is because during my interview with Lori Tate, she stated that when an individual come in to be interviewed it is very private. Comments between the worker and the interviewee stay with the case worker and the client and the information is not privileged to anyone else not even the supervisor. The only time a supervisor would be entitled to the information during the interview is if there is a situation that the case worker cannot handle. It is very hard to observe something like this, but in the grand scheme of things the outcomes of the situation can be evaluated.
For example, legal administrative assistant are the face and voice of a company so they have to deliver excellent client service via the telephone, and in person. Legal assistants are also responsible for setting up appointments between lawyers and clients so having that skill is a must. To work in the legal field it is a must to have strong organizational skills and pay close attention to detail regardless of your position. Lawyers work on many different cases at once so the legal assistant needs to know how to management multiple assignments at once.
The law affects nearly every aspect of our lives every day. On the one hand, we have laws to deal with crimes such as robbery or murder and other threats and challenges to society. On the other hand, laws regulate common activities such as driving a car, renting an apartment, getting a job or getting married. Our legal system functions well when people both understand their legal rights and live up to their legal responsibilities. In fact, the basis of much of our law is common sense.
Its role is to fulfill what the fore fathers wanted when they added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution. The Sixth Amendment says “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which
It is not studied much in the US, since it has not been included in many publications, and almost no publications in English. The Peoples Republic of China leadership from Mao though Deng and to current leadership have advocated that the people are the masters of their own destiny, which is a principle of life of the Chinese people that comes from Buddhist teachings. I have spent the last 6 months doing personal interviews of various police and security forces though out Zhengzhou China. At this time over 40 officers have been interviewed. They have a close community based system.