1. In a large firm, there may be an administrator employed as a chief financial officer, human resources manager, marketing director, and other such functions.
*a. True
b. False
2. Partners usually receive a draw and do not receive a “salary.”
*a. True
b. False
3. An ass...
,1. In a large firm, there may be an administrator employed as a chief f
inancial officer, human resources manager, marketing director, and othe
r such functions.
*a. True
b. False
2. Partners usually receive a draw and do not receive a “salary.”
*a. True
b. False
3. An associate passed over for partnership may or may not leave the fi
rm to practice elsewhere.
*a. True
b. False
4. The American Bar Association has recognized the contribution of para
legals to the legal profession by offering them an associate membership
in the association.
*a. True
b. False
5. Although paralegals may perform many tasks, they are prohibited from
giving legal advice to clients.
*a. True
b. False
6. More than 75% of all paralegals work in large law firms.
a. True
*b. False
7. According to a survey reported in the text, approximately 45% of all
practicing paralegals list “civil litigation” as one of their specialty
areas of practice.
*a. True
b. False
,8. Legal secretaries have highly specialized skills and perform many se
rvices for law firms.
*a. True
b. False
9. For a sole practitioner, it is important that overhead costs be as h
igh as possible.
a. True
*b. False
10. A sole proprietorship combines the benefits of both a partnership a
nd a professional corporation.
a. True
*b. False
11. The legal team consists of __________________.
a. clerks
b. paralegals
c. expert witnesses
d. attorneys
*e. all of the above
12. Types of nonowner attorneys in a private law practice include _________________.
a. contract attorneys
b. staff attorneys
c. associates
*d. a, b, and c
e. partners
13. An attorney who shares in the profits or losses of a law firm that is a professional corporatio
n is called a(n) ___________________.
a. nonequity partner
b. partner
*c. shareholder
d. “of counsel”
e. contract attorney
, 14. A self-employed paralegal who markets and sells his or her services to law offices on a per-j
ob basis is called a(n) ________________.
a. paralegal manager
b. independent paralegal
c. freelance/contract paralegal
*d. none of the above
15. A position found in larger firms that usually requires a college business degree, where the p
osition is responsible for some kind of law office system, is called a(n) ____________.
a. partner
*b. law office administrator
c. office manager
d. expert witness
e. paralegal manager
16. A small firm that primarily accepts cases only in one or two areas of the law is sometimes c
alled a(n) ___________.
a. small law firm
b. rooming together
c. office sharing
*d. boutique firm
e. b and c
17. A law firm that has between 75 and several hundred attorneys is called a _________.
*a. large firm
b. corporate firm
c. legal services office
d. megafirm
e. b and d
18. A law firm management structure in which subgroups of partners and shareholders make ma
nagement decisions for the firm is called _____________.
*a. rule by management committee/board
b. powerful managing partner
c. limited liability company
d. rule by all partners/shareholders
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