This comprehensive text explores the role of the paralegal in criminal law. It places the student, in a law office setting with the instructor as supervising attorney. The text provides sample cases that track through the system. The student works through a criminal case from intake interviews through sentencing and appeal, while performing the tasks required of a criminal law paralegal. The instructor's manual offers teaching strategies, tests, and answer keys, as well as a computerized test bank.
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Chapter 1: Foundations of Criminal Law Chapter 2: Administration of Criminal Law and the Role of the Paralegal Chapter 3: Components of A Crime Chapter 4: Crimes Against Persons and Crimes Against Habitation Chapter 5: Crimes Against Property, Public Order and Safety, Public Morals, and Justice and Public Administration Chapter 6: Inchoate and Organized Crimes Chapter 7: Defenses Chapter 8: Intake and Drafting the Complaint Chapter 9: Search and Seizure Chapter 10: Confessions and Pre-trial Identification Procedures Chapter 11: Pretrial: Initial Appearance to Preliminary Hearing Chapter 12: Pretrial: Grand Jury to Pretrial Conference Chapter 13: Trial: Rights, Procedure, Task Chapter 14: Sentencing, Punishment, and Review Glossary Appendix
James McCord is an experienced trial attorney in criminal law, professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and a member of the Wisconsin and Kentucky Bar Associations. A frequent speaker at legal conferences, he is the author of several books and articles on the paralegal profession and practice. Professor McCord is a past president of the American Association for Paralegal Education, a former member of the American Bar Association Legal Assistant Program Approval Commission, and included in Who's Who in Law.""
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