Showing posts with label National Paralegal Institute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Paralegal Institute. Show all posts

Saturday, June 5, 2010




PARALEGAL TASKS COVERED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS 
OF LAW AND PRACTICE:

Adoption
Change of Name Law
Child Abuse
Child Custody
Community Organization
Consumer Law
Corporate Law
Corrections Law
Divorce Law
Draft (Selective Service) Law
Education Law
Employment Law
Health Law
Immigration Law
Investigation
Juvenile Delinquency
Landlord-Tenant Law
Law Office Administration
Litigation
Military Law
Motor Vehicle Law
Parajudge
Paternity
Petroleum Land law
Post-Conviction Remedies
Probate
Real Estate Law
Tax Law
Tribal Courts
Trusts Law
Unemployment Insurance law
Welfare Law
Workers’ compensation Law

Click Here for Online Summary of Book

Friday, June 4, 2010




TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  • Preface
  • The Paralegal
  • The Legal Interview
  • Knowing the Law
  • Collecting Your Own Thoughts About Interviewing at the Outset
  • Knowing the Objective of the Interview
  • Adequate Preparation
  • Analysis of a Legal Interview Transcript
  • Interviewing and Investigation
  • Interviewing Problems
  • Bibliography on legal interviewing



TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTERS
  • Collecting Your Thoughts About Investigation at the Outset
  • Introduction to Investigation
  • Note on Licenses
  • Fact Analysis: Organizing the Options
  • Real vs. Manipulated Versions of Facts: Putting Words into Someone’s Mouth
  • Sources of Evidence/Sources of Leads
  • Gaining Access to Records
  • Evaluating Testimonial and Physical Evidence
  • Interviewing Witnesses
  • Special Investigative Problems: Judgment Collection, Missing Persons, Background Investigation
  • Questions


APPENDIX
  • Bibliography on Investigation
  • Checklist on the Validity of Testimonial Evidence
  • Checklist on the validity of Physical (Tangible) Evidence

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Introduction to Civil and Criminal Litigation: Roles for the Paralegal (1974)
by William P. Statsky





TABLE OF CONTENTS

Stages of Litigation
·         Agency
·         Pre-Trial
·         Trial
·         Appeal
·         Enforcement

Introduction to Litigation Assistantship
·         Litigation Assistantship: Agency Stage
·         Litigation Assistantship: Pre-Trial Stage
·         Litigation Assistantship: Trial Stage
·         Litigation Assistantship: Enforcement/Compliance Stage

Charts
·         Agency
·         Pre-Trial
·         Trial
·         Appeal
·         Enforcement

Checklists
·         Checklist for Effective Enforcement
·         Checklist for Analyzing/Digesting Deposition Testimony and Answers to Interrogatories

Guidelines
·         Guidelines  For Preparing Physical Evidence and Exhibits for Trial
·         Guidelines on Drafting Interrogatories
·         Guidelines on Responding to Interrogatories

Select Bibliography on Litigation