CH 2. Legal Workplace

Question 1

Lawyers that can be hired by the general public

Answer 1

Private Practice

Question 2

Lawyers who work for a business / company

Answer 2

Corporate counsel (in-house counsel)

Question 3

Client is the government / governing agencies

Answer 3

Government lawyers

Question 4

Department of Justice provides…

Answer 4

Legal services for the federal government

Question 5

Ministry of Justice (Attorney General) provides…

Answer 5

Legal services for the provincial government

Question 6

Legal work on behalf of groups / causes that are often underserved by the for-profit practice of law

Answer 6

Public Interest law

Question 7

Lawyers providing their time and services for free because the lawyers believe in those causes

Answer 7

Pro-bono

Question 8

A lawyer who practices on their own

Answer 8

Sole Practitioner

Question 9

A lawyer who has taken on a personal investment in the success or failure of the firm

Answer 9

Partner

Question 10

A lawyer hired to work in a firm as an employee or on contract

Answer 10

Associate

Question 11

Limited Liability Partnership

Answer 11

“LLP” partners are only held responsible for the firms business related expenses and debts, but not those caused by another partner’s wrongdoing

Question 12

Two forms of contracting

Answer 12

1) law firm requires legal work the law firm could not do

2) “disaggregation” to reduce the legal expense to their clients (to break apart)

Question 13

“Nature of the Matter”

Answer 13

dictates whom the lawyer can reveal information and how much information