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Paralegal / Legal Assistant Practice Test
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1. A paralegal may represent a client in court if the attorney who employees the paralegal authorizes her to do so.
2. The attorney you work for is trying to prove that a contract her client signed is invalid. Which of following conditions would have to be true for this to be the case?
3. Attorney-client confidentiality does not apply to alternative dispute resolution forums.
4. A lawsuit has been filed and the summons has been delivered to the defendant. He fails to file an answer within the time frame set by the court. What happens next?
5. After the parties sign a contract, a party finds that the contract fails to express the intention of the parties due to mutual mistake. The contract is rewritten to clarify and correct the errors. What is the proper name for this process?
6. A paralegal has been asked by her attorney to file an appeal from a final order of the trial court. Which of the following is the first step that should be taken by the paralegal?
7. Neighboring property owners dispute whether or not a written and recorded easement grants certain rights. What type of action would most likely be filed to settle this dispute?
8. A number of events take place as part of discovery in a lawsuit. Which of the following is not one of them?
9. Which of the following remedies for breach of contract must be included in the contract in order to be recoverable?
10. A defendant in a civil action wants to file a claim against the plaintiff. What is proper name for this pleading?
11. A paralegal is to give notice to a witness of a deposition. Which of the following are acceptable means to give notice of a deposition?
12. A client desires to neither admit to nor contest the charge that has been brought against him. What is the proper Latin phrase to describe his plea?
13. A company has filed a motion with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark its logo, but the motion has not yet been granted. Which symbol should the company use next to their logo in the meantime?
14. Any of the following actions can result in either criminal or civil charges being filed against a client. Which of the actions is most likely to result in a civil lawsuit?
15. A judge has entered judgment and awarded damages to a client who incurred no financial losses as a result of the conduct underlying the case. What is the proper term for the kind of damages the judge has awarded?
16. Under the laws of all 50 states, in a real estate closing, a notary cannot act both as a notary and as as a witness to the signing of the documents.
17. What conditions must be met for a judge to grant a motion for summary judgment?
18. Which of the following is not part of a summons and service of process?
19. Your attorney says there is a case-on-point supporting his argument. On what principle does the court have to follow this case law?
20. You have found work as a litigation paralegal. Which of the following is NOT likely to be one of your duties?
21. What is the difference between an interrogatory and a deposition?
22. Contracts have to be signed under seal to be enforceable.
23. An attorney asks you to check the validity of a case he cites in his brief. You Shepardize it. Which of the following case histories indicate that the case is no longer good law?
24. The "discovery rule" tolls the running of which of the following?
25. A paralegal answers an incoming call from a new client who needs legal advice immediately. The paralegal should respond as follows:

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