Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Do WRITE AWAY page 225.  Write a persuasive brief to your local paralegal association.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Assignment for today:

1.  Find at least one California statute on dilatory tactics (delaying tactics or tactics designed to frustrate settlement).  Print it out.

2.  Find a case that cites that statute. Print it out and read it.  Summarize the case IN WRITING.

3. Find a secondary source citing the case or statute.  Print it out.

attach it all together and submit.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

We are watching "A Civil Action".  Your assignment is to identify any potential ethical violations in the movie.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Sign into Westlaw.

Read the following case and write a brief summary of this case. The case is the fifth case found on the search list.

explain what retaliatory discharge is.

explain what constructive discharge is.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

1. Find a California case describing a situation a "conflict of interest" and give the citation and a paragraph summary.
2. Find a California case describing an example of a "permitted disclosure".  Give a citation and a paragraph summary.
3. Find a California case about a conservatorship or guardianship with the term "diminished capacity" being used in it.  Give a citation and a paragraph summary.
4. Find a California case about a conservatorship or guardianship with the term "mandatory withdrawal" being used in it. Give a citation and a paragraph summary.
5. Find a California case about a conservatorship or guardianship with the term "permissive withdrawal" being used in it. Give a citation and a paragraph summary.

Thursday, February 28, 2013