Cards based on the quizes Flashcards
What should you include on an attorney’s appointment calendar?
Court appearances.
What accurately describes the associates in a law office?
They’re attorneys who may become partners if their performance warrants it.
A notary public should do what when notarizing a document?
Request identification from the person requesting notary service.
What term means the same as legal assistant?
Paralegal.
Entry-level secretaries must
Keyboard accurately
Interrogatories are what?
A series of written questions sent to the opposing side of a lawsuit.
When speaking on behalf of the attorney, secretaries should always address clients as what?
Always address clients as “Mr.,” “Mrs.,” or “Ms.”
Keeping the business of a law office within that office relates to
Confidentiality.
What degree does a person receive after he or she graduates from law school?
Juris doctorate
The attorneys in a professional corporation are called —–?
Shareholders
If a law office doesn’t have a law librarian, who generally handles this responsibility?
Legal assistant or legal secretary.
———— with the client means trying to put yourself in the client’s situation.
Empathizing
————— means being careful about what you say and do.
Discretion.
If you wear colognes or perfumes, choose ——— fragrances.
Light.
——– the association for legal professionals, is the nationwide professional association for legal secretaries.
Nals.
A series of lines and marks that corresponds to phonetic sounds is called ———.
shorthand
A secretary need not be in the office if an attorney uses _______ dictation.
Machine
Heavy bond paper with the firm’s name, address, and phone number printed at the top is called _______.
Letterhead
To find out how to properly hyphenate a word, use a/an _______.
Dictionary
The body of an interoffice memo should be
Double-spaced
Which page in a pleading shouldn’t contain a page number?
The first page.
The terms attorney and lawyer mean ——————?
The same thing
An individual must complete four years of undergraduate studies and three years of law school. At that point the person receives a degree called ———-
juris doctorate
