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Davis & Associates is a law firm in Dothan, AL, with more than 36 years of experience practicing elder law. Their attorneys serve southeast Alabama, and they help clients with everything from pursuing social security disability to understanding probate law. The team at Davis & Associates believes everyone deserves quality representation, especially those who are permanently disabled and don’t always have advocates willing to fight for them. Qualifying for social security disability is…

While patrolling the unpredictable streets of Houston with local law enforcement, I gained a unique perspective into the criminal justice system that inspired me to pursue a career in law. My drive to venture into the legal field early has allowed me to participate in two legal education programs in Texas and Florida. In the past five years I have worked at several law firms, including an immigration law firm where I wrote pardons for applicants, and assisted a former professor in helping a…

i wish to study criminal justice because coming from the neighborhood i came from the minute you step out your house or exiting your local subway station at night you want to know you'll be safe and protected. i am a very simple person down to earth person, but it always wasn't like that coming from a life of a large struggling family and losing my father at such a crucial age and what i meant by a large family is that i am one of 8 kids and only the second one to finish High school. So for me…

“This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.” --1841 – 1935 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Justice Holmes believed that when a man begins to talk about justice, he is shirking thinking in legal terms. Following his reasoning, thinking in ‘legal terms’ includes both state and federal rules of civil procedures, as well as court precedent, the very foundation of our legal system. Hence, as a paralegal observing applicable court and civil procedure rules…

When we got back from lunch, the translator had arrived and we finally got to hear what the defendant say happen instead of just listening to the police officers point of view of showing up after the fact. The defendant started to describe the event by saying that he got off work at Home Depot and went to the park in the front of his building to sit outside and smoke a cigarette to relax after work. As he was sitting on a bench outside, the victim approached and started to break down…

Taking criminal justice After attending Northeast Magnet High school for four years and getting the benefit to be in the law magnet as well as being in it for so long why not take the chance to explore my options and interest in law by taking intro to criminal justice. In high school I spent a lot of time busting my butt to get things done and I remember my freshman year through sophomore year I was having to work 2 times harder than other kids in all of my classes and because I had a lot…

When your vehicle is repossessed, it will be sent to a tow yard. You will be held responsible to pay expenses for everyday that your vehicle is sitting in the tow yard. You can prevent having your vehicle repossessed by not falling behind on your car payments. You will not be able to get your vehicle back until you have the money to pay all of the back debt you owe plus the tow yard for the amount of money as the car sat on the tow yard. If you don’t go pick up the car because you don’t have the…

1. The following are extracts from Sections 7-107, 8-214, and 11-110 of the Maryland Code's Family Law Article that gives this Court authority to grant attorney fees at any point of the litigation whereas Section 12-103 gives no such authority: Section 7-107 (b) Award authorized. -- At any point in a proceeding under this title, the court may order either party to pay to the other party an amount for the reasonable and necessary expense of prosecuting or defending the proceeding. Section 8-214…

For my career, I chose to be a Family Attorney because it has been a career I have wanted to pursue in for the longest and my personal experiences have also led me to it as well. I have chosen this career for my Senior Research Project because I would like to know more about so in the near future I know what I am expecting. During this research project, I have gained new skills in knowing how to write a clear resumé and cover letter and how to interview professional attorney’s. Learning how to…

COMMUNITY: Guardian Ad Litem Morgan Pristupa University of North Florida December 5, 2014 Introduction To begin with, the Guardian ad Litem community is international. Several places around the world have created Guardian ad Litem programs. For the purposes of this paper, I am focusing on the 21 local Guardian ad Litem programs in Florida’s judicial circuits. According to Guardianadlitem.org (2014), the Florida Guardian ad Litem program “advocates a strong…