you are expected to discuss how an analyst would have tackled the original crime problem. Referencing the crime analysis process (collection, collation etc.) will be critical to explain how the pattern was known and where you would have received or requested information from. You should, in cases where a crime trend was misidentified, or not […]

You are asked by your supervising attorney to find out what the elements of the crime of murder are in Kentucky. You have access to westlaw but need to research because you have no idea what this crime would involve. Explain the steps you would take, including what word(s) or phrases you would use in […]

Students are to conduct research on the Internet and locate the will of a famous person. Students are to identify the different clauses and parts of the will. You are an Investigator for the State Police and have been assigned an embezzlement of property by an attorney that has maintained property in Trust. Can a […]

You are a third grade teacher, in your first year of teaching. You are required to teach a Map Skills lesson to meet the following standard – “3.1.1. (A) The student applies geographic tools, including grid systems, symbols, legends, scales and a compass rose to construct and interpret maps.” You only have about 30 minutes […]

You are a part time teacher aide and use a wheelchair for mobility. While on playground duty, a year 9 student makes an offensive and hurtful remark about your disability. The teacher in charge also hears the comment but doesn’t say anything to the student. You ask the teacher why he let the comment go […]

Jane Doe, proceeding under a pseudonym, Plaintiff, v. U.R., IV Defendant Civil Action case 2017CV293031 You are a paralegal working for the City Tech Law Group. You must assume the case is filed in New York County, New York. You can choose which party your office represents in this civil action. We are now in […]

You are a paralegal that owns their own practice that specializes in the defence of provincial offenses and landlord-tenant matters. On August 5, Eva Green is scheduled for a 1:30 pm consultation to meet with you at your office to discuss a residential tenancies matter. According to your legal secretary, she wants you to assist […]

You are a newly hired legal assistant at a law firm. The managing partner has a question they think can be answered by the Attorney General’s office. They tell you to call the AG office, say you are an attorney who is representing another attorney and then ask the question. Is this permissible? Using the […]

Practical Law Office Management 1. Compare and contrast Missouri v. Jenkins, 491 U.S. 274, 109 S.Ct. 2463, 105 L.Ed. 2d 229 (1989) and Role Models American, Inc. v. Brownlee, 353 F.3d 962 (C.A.D.C., 2004), which allowed recovery of paralegal fees, with Joerger v. Gordon Food Service, Inc., 224 Mich. App. 167, 568 N.W.2d 365 (Mich.App., […]

2. You are a new paralegal in an eight-attorney law firm. Your supervising attorney has instructed you to give clerical work to a legal secretary named Pat. Pat has been with the firm for many years and considers herself to have as much legal experience as any paralegal. She has made it perfectly clear that […]