PLA 3014 Final Review Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
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PLA 3014
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PLA 3014
PLA 3014 Final Review Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
ABA stands for - ANSWERSThe American Bar Association
LSAT - ANSWERStest required for admission to law school
What is "pro bono" - ANSWERSService provided at no charge for persons with financial hardships
Free services provided b...
PLA 3014 Final Review Exam Questions
& Answers 2024/2025
ABA stands for - ANSWERSThe American Bar Association
LSAT - ANSWERStest required for admission to law school
What is "pro bono" - ANSWERSService provided at no charge for persons with financial hardships
Free services provided by an attorney to the public are called? - ANSWERSprobono
The failure of a professional person to act with reasonable care, thereby causing injury, constitutes -
ANSWERSmalpractice
Which of the following presents a problem of conflict of interests? - ANSWERSA lawyer representing a
client in commercial transactions represents that client in divorce proceedings
A lawyer hands out business cards to injured persons at a hospital - ANSWERSModel Code of
Responsibility.
The responsibility for statutory interpretation falls upon the - ANSWERSjudiciary
Courts may invalidate legislation on the grounds of unconstitutionality or - ANSWERSdefective procedure
Where the application of a statute remains unclear in its written language and in its written context, the
courts must
Correct! - ANSWERSsearch for legislative intent
, A(n) _______ is an order by a higher court addressed to a lower court telling the lower court not to
exercise its jurisdiction over a case. - ANSWERSwrit of prohibition
The jury's fact-finding is called the - ANSWERSverdict
Where an appellate court makes a unanimous opinion on a clear point of law, it is likely to enter a brief
opinion in the form of - ANSWERSa per cruiam opinion
Mistakes made at trial that are sufficiently serious to affect the result against one of the parties are
termed - ANSWERSprejudicial Error
Clean Hands Doctrine - ANSWERSCourts are guided in their decisions not only by the letter of the law but
also on the basis that one seeking the aid of a court must come to the court with clean hands that are
unstained by bad faith, misrepresentations, or deceit.
In a court of equity the defense of _______ may be used where the action is unreasonably delayed to
the prejudice of a party who has changed position during the delay - ANSWERSlaches
Which of the following could prevent the granting of a petition for removal in a diversity of citizenship
case? - ANSWERSThe defendant is a citizen of the state in which the case is brought.
Under doctrine of _______, an employer will be liable for the negligence of an employee committed
while the employee is acting in the scope of his employment. - ANSWERSrespondeat superior
establishes liability without the necessity of proving fault. - ANSWERSproducts liability
The threat of physical injury gives rise to a suit for - ANSWERSassault
With intentional torts, ________________ damages are sometimes awarded in addition to
compensatory damages. - ANSWERSpunitive
Which of the following is most likely to be a unilateral contract? - ANSWERSoffer of an award
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