Exam 1: Litigation and the Paralegal

If a defendant ignores a complaint and files no responsive papers, the defendant ________.

The most common method of resolving civil disputes is settlement.

Rules and procedures of civil litigation are the same from state to state.

Laws containing the methods used to enforce our rights or to obtain redress for the violation of our rights are known as ________ laws.

Before filing a lawsuit, the parties are required to arbitrate their dispute.

Litigation formally begins when a plaintiff files in court a written document known as a(n) ________.

Which of the following cannot be done by a paralegal?

Woo buys a new automobile. While driving the car home from the dealership, the brakes fail, and the car crashes. Woo is seriously injured. He retains the law firm of Kraft and Molina, and they file a lawsuit claiming damages for these injuries. Brady works as a paralegal in that law firm. -Brady is allowed to interview witnesses to the accident.

Which of the following could not be resolved through civil litigation?

Case law has little, if any, relevance to the law of civil procedure.

Paralegals cannot give ________ advice to parties.

Cloud computing refers to ________.

Case management software allows attorneys to organize and summarize extensive discovery.

Law books that contain the actual law itself are referred to as ________.

The phrase ________ applies to the many procedures used by parties in an attempt to avoid litigation.