Introduction to mpre - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Applicant Boaz was an outstanding candidate for the bar who came from an excellent family. He had outstanding academic credentials in both undergraduate school and in law school, as well as an absolutely impeccable previous work experience. However, Boaz did have a little problem with speeding. In fact, his past driving record indicates that since obtaining a driver's license (10 years ago), Boaz has received 20 different speeding tickets (on average, about two per year) including two with...

What is law? - a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having binding legal force What is litigation? - Resolution of disputes through the court system What are the types of litigation? - Civil and criminal What is civil Litigation? - resolution of disputes between private and/or public parties that is conducted through court systems What is criminal Litigation? - government prosecutes an action against individuals who have committed crimes against soc...

Corporate Charter (bylaws) -Needed for an entity to become a corporation, this must be filed in the home state of the business. What is included in a corporate charter? -names of the founders, the type of business, the location of business, the number of shares (authorized shares) that can be issued Securities Act of 1933 -(Also known as the Truth in Securities Act) regulates new issues of corporate securities. It requires issuers to provide a full and fair disclosure about themselves and t...

Sovereignty - A state's authority to govern itself Habeas Corpus - The legal right of a person who is imprisoned without exclamation to appear in court within a reasonable time Extradition - Agreement between states to return fugitives from justice to their home countries Citation - Lists basic facts in a legal case and makes it easy to locate the case in a law library Feudalism - A political, social, and economic system that existed in Europe between 9th and 15th centuries that was based...

Arrest -seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody. Probable Cause -reasonable grounds (for making a search, pressing a charge, etc.). n. sufficient reason based upon known facts to believe a crime has been committed or that certain property is connected with a crime. Probable cause must exist for a law enforcement officer to make an arrest without a warrant, search without a warrant, or seize property in the belief the items were evidence of a crime. Reasonable Suspicion -Re...

When a judge learns of the substiantal likelihood that an attorney has violated the rules (i.e. received a gift) - they MUST report it, regardless of the jdx if a juror/potential juror declines to speak to the attorney post-trial - then the attorney MUST not speak to them further a judge MAY accept benefits associated with their spouse - if they are incidental attorney has a duty to respond truthfully when - inquired by the NCBE a lawyer MUST NOT draft legal documents that will likely resu...

what is a jurisdiction? -the right or authority of a justice agency to act in regard to a particular subject matter, territory, or person what is the tithing system? -a private self-help protection system in early medieval England, in which groups of 10 families agreed to follow the law, keep peace, and bring law violators to justice Who were the bow street runners? -founded group of professional law enforcement agents to apprehend criminals and recover stolen property in the entertainment ...