Lawyer

The objective of this research paper is to compare two systems used in a public law office versus a private law office. The public law office which I gathered the information from was the San Francisco District attorney’s office (white collar crime unit). The people I interviewed for the information was Blanca Conway, a paralegal manager, and Tracy Sacca, a paralegal who handles asset forfeiture— both can be reached at (415) 551-9583. The private law office which I gathered the information was…

Community Meeting Review For the community meeting review I decided to sit in on court proceedings. I chose the court proceedings because I know they go through a lot of cases every day, therefore I thought it would give me more opportunities to understand how things work. I spent close to four hours in the Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, Victorville District. More specifically I sat in department V10, which is a criminal court. I am not sure if the courthouse is busy…

Defense of Giles Corey Giles Corey comes before the court today for the charge of contempt of court by withholding information. In Corey’s attempt to reestablish the integrity of Salem’s courts, Judge Danforth and his fellow abusers of power strive to silence Corey from exposing the court’s corruption. Although he selectively withholds information regarding his accusations, Corey remains innocent and deserves acquittal from the charge of contempt of court, since his actions intend to improve the…

Judge Hathorne Testimony in Defense of Abigail Williams Greetings to all in attendance and I hope that our Lord is with you. I am Judge Hathorne, nothing more than simply the very judge of the court of Salem. The man that you all have appointed to interpret the law and bring those who break it, to justice. So how could you argue when I say that Abigail Williams is innocent? I am an old grey man who doesn’t have time for these silly games. I have intuition for these things and I know that…

Donald Whitacre, "the Client" and Burkhardt and Larson, a partnership of professional corporations, Attorneys at Law, "the Attorney" agree as follows: 1. PURPOSE OF REPRESENTATION. The Client employs the Attorney to represent the Client with respect to the following: Review and consult regarding a partnership agreement. This Agreement will not take effect, and Attorney will have no obligation to provide legal services until Client returns a signed copy of this Agreement and pays the advance…

Seeing is believing, right? What about the practice of people seeing what they expect to see? The Crucible by Arthur Miller, reveals the dangers of bringing the idea of eyewitness testimony into court. In Proctor’s world, a relationship with God is defined by the letter by the Bible. Those who refute any part of the the Bible are non-believers. Proctor lives his life by doing good by good deeds for his community, guided by his own sense of righteousness rather than the definition of religion as…

Imagine, you have lived your life without cause, you are a law abiding citizen, you have never been in trouble, furthermore, your life is established, your married, you have kids, the perfect job, life is excellent. Then one day, by haps, you are stopped, detained, arrested, charged with a crime, not just a crime, a violent crime, a crime that is unspeakable, child molestation! Your life is upside down, your wife, your family, your friends, even your co-workers all look at you differently.…

Studying the law, on the outside, seems to be dry as dust. With the archaic wording of the law to the sheer volume of laws to keep track of, it’s easy to dismiss law as only being important to attorneys and those that work for them. Yet law isn’t a world of its own. It is our world. A key part to understanding our world is understanding our laws, as both shape the other. Becoming a paralegal puts one on the frontline of this, without having to get as deep in the mire as an attorney would. The…

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) introduced under the coalition government, reformed the basis of legal aid. LASPO reforms to legal aid aimed to regulate the the distribution of legal aid in the UK; which denounced legal aid liability for private family disputes, immigration, housing, debt and social welfare cuts. According to the final equality Impact Assessment in the Bill of Moj*** the implementation of LASPO intends to eliminate the the excess distribution…

On Thursday, November 12th, I visited the Fredericksburg General District Court of the 15th Judicial District of Virginia to observe cases beginning at 9:30 a.m. in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Virginia General District Court is the lowest level of the Virginia court system and is the most common court citizens of Virginia have contact with. The General District Court is a limited jurisdiction trial court that conducts trials involving traffic infractions and other criminal misdemeanor offenses…