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Ch. 1
Civil Litigation: Process & Procedures_3rd Edition_T.F.Goldman_A.H.Hughes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civil Litigation | Resolution of legal disputes between parties seeking a remedy for a civil wrong or to enforce a contract. |
| Criminal Litigation | Government enforcement of laws or prosecution for breach of a law. |
| Legal Team | The collective group of people working on a case or matter under the supervision of an attorney. |
| Paralegal | A person qualified by education, training, or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity and who performs specifically delegated, substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible; equivalent term is legal assistant. |
| Legal Support Staff | Members of the law office who provide support functions to the legal team; includes law librarians, legal secretaries, receptionists, information technologists, bookkeepers, and mailroom personnel. |
| Inside Corporate Counsel | Lawyer employed by a corporation to provide legal advice and counsel on corporate matters. |
| Lawyers | Law school graduates ho have passed the bar examination, hold a license to practice law, and have met the minimum qualifications stablished by the individual jurisdictions of courts for obtaining a license to practice and represent clients. |
| Partners | Lawyers who have an ownership interest in a law firm and a stake in the firm's profits. |
| Associates | Non-owner lawyers, usually salaried employees of the law firm. |
| Managing Partner | Partner responsible for managing the business operations of a firm, such as taking care of the facilities, management, human resources supervision, and public relations. |
| Supervising Attorney | Member of the legal team to whom all others on the team report and who has the ultimate responsibility for the actions of the legal team. |
| Soft Skills | Ability to work successfully with others and handle oneself appropriately in the working environment. |
| Human Relations Skills | Soft Skills; ability to work successfully with others and handle oneself appropriately in the working environment. |
| Resourcefulness | Ability to meet and handle a situation and find solutions to problems. |
| Commitment | Finishing what one starts out to do. |
| Professionalism | Conduct in accordance with the expectations of a profession. |
| Analytical Skills | Ability to follow a step-by-step process to solve a solution. |
| Interpersonal Skills | Ability to work well with all types of people. |
| Communication Skills | Ability to express ideas effectively in both spoken and written word. |
| Facts | Actual or alleged events and occurrences. |
| Reference Manual | A handbook of information updated and maintained by the paralegal. |
| Conflict of Interest | Situations where the interests or loyalties of the lawyer and client may be or may appear to be adverse or divided. |
| Time Keeping | Maintaining records of the time spent in reforming tasks on a case or matter; may include the recording of costs or expenditures related to the performance of the tasks. |
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