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The Main Concepts in a Personal Injury Case Introduction No one personal injury lawsuit is exactly the same, however, the legal procedures are basically the same. In the legal industry, paralegals and attorneys use the verbiage, "fact pattern" to describe a case. For a personal injury case to exist, the fact pattern needs to have a person or persons to be injured in some way. This type of person(s) is known as the plaintiff. The plaintiff tries to seek legal redress from the party or parties…

Court records are files containing official documents of court trials. A court record is also known as public court record, court report, court file and judicial record. Public court records are available for public access lookups. Most court records contain reports of proceedings, pleadings, exhibits, court orders, oral testimony transcripts, submitted case documents, information about the case parties and the name of the judge, as well as about the court in charge. Unless the court file is…

Since the moment I decided to pursue becoming an advocate attorney I knew that I needed to attend a top-notch law school. If other people’s well-beings and futures were going to be in my hands then I needed to receive the best legal education I could. I visited South Texas College of Law in July of 2015 at an open house that made me realize that this was the school I had been looking for. The students who spoke on the panel and gave tours demonstrated the camaraderie between the students at…

There are steps before and after the trial, but I’m focusing on the steps during the trial. The criminal trial process can be quite lengthy and costly. In fact, the longest criminal and most expensive trial in US history spanned seven years and cost around $15 million (McMartin preschool trial of 1980). During those seven years (and the present) there were multiple stages. The stages during a trial are; opening statements, presenting evidence, closing arguments, jury instructions, and jury…

I have known to construct a great framework of legal system needs a strong bonding of all legal agencies. Subsequently, legal aid organization as part of this framework suppose to provide legal service for mostly people who cannot afford it. Moreover, It has widely assumed that legal aid organization has a role for being a third party in legal system which keep an eye set on the legal agencies regarding impartially imposing the laws. Therefore, law reform and a decent law enforcement…

Forensic scientist is the study of science of law. Forensic science is the utilization of science to the criminal and common laws that are authorized by police organizations in a criminal justice framework. While detectives talk with suspects, witnesses and casualties, forensic scientists remain principally on the scene, gathering and investigating proof. “Forensic scientist must not only analyze physical evidence but also persuade a jury to accept the conclusions derived from that analysis”…

Dr Laurentia Truter specialises in non-discriminatory law. Her doctoral dissertation was based on 'Disability, discrimination and equal opportunities – A comparative legal study’. On a local and multinational platform, she represents both the private and public sectors, on matters such as: employment contracts, human resource policies and procedures, employee relations’ procedures, as well as dispute resolution. Six Reasons Why Disability Equity Programmes Fail So, why do workplace programmes…

Court appointed interpreters use several different techniques in conveying messages from litigants (applicant or adverse) to the judge. These modes include consecutive, simultaneous, and summary interpreting (cite). Consecutive interpreting involves the rendering of statements after the speaker stops speaking. Simultaneous interpreting occurs whilst the speaker speaks. Lastly, summary interpreting is largely used to interpret witness testimony (cite). Because several different methods can be…

Nuremberg Trials Day 201: Generalfeldmarschall Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt regally walked to the trial stand, his brass buttons glistening in the light. He was there to put his former colleagues behind bars, or worse. He was there as a witness not as a defendant, mainly due to his age and failing health. While Rundstedt was charged he was never actually taken to trial. He was given a pair of headphones with a microphone, and then he sat. Before anything, Rundstedt composed himself. His goal…

On November 22, 2016, I sat in courtroom 507 of the Fresno County Superior Court, under the Honorable Judge Timothy Kams. Judge Kams was conducting a jury selection for a jury trial dealing with a felony DUI case. During the jury selection, I witnessed a Venire. A venire or jury pool, is a master list or jury list, from which a petit panel is selected, typically is based on names drawn from voter registration lists or lists of licensed drivers over eighteen years of age (Lippmann, 2014, p.518).…