Paralegal Today: The Legal Team at Work - Hardcover

Meinzinger, Mary; Miller, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1133591078 ISBN 13: 9781133591078

Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning, 2013

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PART I THE PARALEGAL PROFESSION. 1. Today's Paralegal Profession. 2. Career Opportunities. 3. The Inner Workings of the Law Office. 4. Ethics and Professional Responsibility. 5. Sources of American Law. 6. The Court System and Alternative Dispute Resolution. PART II LEGAL PROCEDURES AND PARALEGAL SKILLS. 7. Legal Research and Analysis. 8. Contemporary Online Legal Research. 9. Legal Writing: Form and Substance. 10. Civil Litigation: Before the Trial. 11. Conducting Interviews and Investigations. 12. Trial Procedures. 13. Criminal Law and Procedures. PART III SUBSTANTIVE AREAS OF LAW. 14. Tort Law, Product Liability, and Consumer Law. 15. Contracts and Intellectual Property. 16. Insurance Law and Real Property. 17. Estates and Family Law. 18. Laws Affecting Business. 19. Bankruptcy and Environmental Law. NALA's Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility. NALA's Model Standards and Guidelines for Utilization of Legal Assistants. NFPA's Model Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility and Guidelines for Enforcement. NALS Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility Paralegal Associations. Information on NALA's CP Program. Information on NFPA's PACE(R) Examination. Information on NALS Certification. The Constitution of the United States. Spanish Equivalents for Important Legal Terms in English.

About the Author:

Mary Meinzinger is the paralegal program chair at Madonna University. She is highly respected and is an active member of AAfPE.

About this edition

• Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1133591078
• ISBN 13: 9781133591078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 816