Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 24, 2023

A litigation paralegal is a legal professional who provides vital support to attorneys who work in the area of litigation. Paralegals play an indispensable role in the legal process, handling things such as document review and analysis, legal research, drafting pleadings, and managing case files. What is a litigation paralegal?

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 23, 2024

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law. She pointed out that although parliament abolished punitive damages in certain areas of law (e.g.

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SimplyLawJobs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Exploring law was my most memorable class in my first year as there was often meditation involved and exploration of topics such as finding joy in law. However, I also enjoyed my politics modules as they gave me an opportunity to experience law from creation to implementation. 7:30 am Monday is my busy day.

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

local government, property, family or criminal law etc.). If you don’t, or you feel that you could do with some additional training, then the most important element is to gain some knowledge of how the English Legal System works, especially the court system and hierarchy. What if you Already Have a Legal/Paralegal Qualification?

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Blackstone Career Institute

MARCH 14, 2024

Blackstone Career Institute offers a range of certificate courses that cater to various industries, including legal studies, healthcare, and leadership development. Healthcare Certifications The healthcare sector is another area where specialized knowledge and skills are in high demand.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Now, the activist with Direct Action Everywhere has filed a police report and is threatening legal action. Just as tackles on the field are judged by the use and level of force in possible “ roughing the passer ” fouls, the same is true under the common law. That would seem to meet the standard on the level of force.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

That was unfortunately not particularly notable given the common crimes and torts that marks All Hallow’s Eve. The site Smoking Gun notes that the $45 costume is “intended for adults of legal drinking age” who are interested in. It was Salazar’s outfit that could make this a particularly challenging defense case.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 30, 2024

Upon the initiative of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the UNHRC), a new legally binding agreement regulating transnational business enterprises’ human rights violations is likely on its way. The future legal value of the Draft Treaty will be that of enforceable regulation, provided of course that it is adopted in its current form.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 14, 2021

These cases often involve both criminal and tort cases. Vincenzo Zurlo had a second rhinoplasty operation but it still was deformed so he asked for her license and insurance. She allegedly declined and was later arrested. In negligence cases, the defendant is often subject to the standard of the profession to determine culpability.

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Blackstone Career Institute

MARCH 28, 2024

This program provides students with foundational knowledge and skills needed in the legal field. We also offer correspondence Advanced Paralegal Certificate Courses for incarcerated individuals.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Either Sherrill has evidence of a criminal conspiracy or has made an outrageous (and defamatory) allegation against her colleagues. Either possibility is unsettling.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

A story in Houston has everything you would want in a legal controversy: a murder, a mysterious figure known only as “D”, a missing Bengal tiger named India and even Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame. He is facing both criminal and potential tort liability for the tiger incident. Cuevas’ bond now is revoked.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 15, 2022

There is a bizarre political controversy out of Colorado that may raise some interesting defamation and criminal law questions. Here is the criminal extortion statute: 18-3-207. Criminal extortion – aggravated extortion. Both the Colorado GOP and Rep. Universal Citation: CO Rev Stat § 18-3-207 (2016). (1)

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JonathanTurley

JULY 15, 2022

after her allegation that a witness lied under oath in opposing gun laws three years ago in a hearing. In a hearing this month, she made the allegation against Heritage Foundation legal fellow and Second Amendment expert Amy Swearer. That exposes witnesses to abuse without legal recourse. Katie Porter (D.,

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Recently, I noted the curious scene of actor Alec Baldwin insisting with reporters that he has been given clear legal instructions not to discuss the shooting of Halyna Hutchins at the set of the move “Rust” and then make detailed statements about the shooting.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 28, 2021

Moreover, they could argue that he was following legal instructions if he did in fact delete the photos. If admitted, the officers’ counsel is likely to say that he was doing the right thing by sharing the photos with the District Attorney’s office. Rather than hide the incident, he was disclosing it.

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

Considering India’s clear restriction on attorneys entering into conditional fee arrangements [24] , the researcher urge that India’s rules only enable participants to pursue funds straight without the participation of their legal counsel. As a result, in terms of arbitration proceedings, TPF’s legality cannot be questioned [32].

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

The EU Parliament has thereby backed the compromise text reached by its legal affairs committee on 25 April 2023. 22 CSDDD is their mandatory nature for the purpose of private international law, which established by the ECJ for the former and is legally prescribed for the latter in Art. Common to Arts. 22 (5) CSDDD.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

Describing three Minneapolis officers who watched their colleague Derek Chauvin murder George Floyd as a deadly case of “police bystanderism,” University of Houston Law Prof. Kaufman writes that Congress and state legislatures should enact criminal laws mandating a “duty to intervene” in their colleagues’ misuse of force.

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Blackstone Career Institute

JUNE 6, 2024

Enhanced Learning with Blackstone’s Advanced Paralegal Courses As the legal field evolves, continual learning becomes key to advancing in your paralegal career. Course Overviews Immigration Law Blackstone’s Advanced Paralegal course in Immigration Law offers a comprehensive overview of U.S.

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Blackstone Career Institute

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The program includes 14 volumes covering a range of topics from criminal law to legal research and writing. Criminal Law Our correspondence Advanced Paralegal course in Criminal Law takes a deep dive into the criminal legal system.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 1, 2024

If true, this would seem a major story in using criminal laws to police parodies. However, if the reports of a criminal prosecution are accurate, the impact could be considerable on the diminishing residue of free speech in Germany. We discussed how Germany is extending its criminalization of speech to the Internet.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We have seen criminal charges for videotaping crime scenes in other countries. We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. French, 104 Pa.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 24, 2023

The journal shall be open to not only traditional doctrinal and theoretical legal research on transnational law, but also contextual and inter-disciplinary research. The journal shall be open to not only traditional doctrinal and theoretical legal research on transnational law, but also contextual and inter-disciplinary research.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

” The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week struck down a $465 million opioid award against Johnson & Johnson based on a legal theory that has previously been tried and failed against guns. Judge Polster pushed drug makers to settle before clearly establishing legal liability. Yet it leaves the matter far from resolved.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2022

In teaching torts, we often discuss the vague line between self-defense and retaliation in cases of assault and battery. That issue will now be at the heart of a criminal charge against former Broncos cornerback Brendan Langley who was charged with assault after hitting a United Airlines employee. 2C:3-5, N.J.S.2C:3-9, 1; 1999, c.73.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2021

There is an interesting criminal case out of the Minnesota that highlights both criminal and tort doctrines on the defense of self and defense of property. Grayson was not charged but Hill is charged with second-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 218 cmt. Al Rakip J.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 12, 2022

I am very skeptical over the basis of this lawsuit, which rests on the assumption that, if the parents knew, they had a legal obligation to disclose that knowledge to Gabby Petito’s parents, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt. The complaint does not clearly establish the legal duty that was breached in failing to come forward.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2021

There is a tragic case out of Omaha that has led to a notable decision over tort liability for psychiatrists. Regents of University of California , which I teach in my torts class. Psychiatrist Jeana Benton determined that he was not a risk at the hospital and he was released. Loyd was later found incompetent to stand trial.

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LexForti

JUNE 22, 2021

These issues bring forth the topic of medical negligence and the role played by law and judiciary to curb it. This article discusses medical negligence in the context of the Indian legal system in the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. The post Medical Negligence during a Pandemic appeared first on LexForti Legal News & Journal.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 7, 2021

District Judge Xavier Rodriguez for the Western District of Texas ruled that the Air Force was legally at fault for the 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas by Devin Patrick Kelley. There was a remarkable decision by a Texas federal judge this week when U.S.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 28, 2023

It is an all-too-familiar pattern that we often discuss in my torts class where people are confused and try to enter the wrong home. Legally, the family may be faced with few options. That can factor heavily into the criminal investigation. He was reportedly trying to enter the wrong home near the campus around 2 am.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Without provocation or any legal justification, Defendant Rittenhouse shot at Grosskreutz from point-blank range, hitting him in the arm. Grosskreutz did not die that day. Plaintiff Gaige Grosskreutz approached Defendant Rittenhouse with his hands up, pleading with him to stop his shooting rampage. Thankfully, Grosskreutz survived.”

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

This is a common risk in criminal cases where you build a defense based on an interpretation that the court later rejects on the eve of closing arguments. In my view, courts should avoid this problem by ruling on such threshold legal issues before the trial.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Read was unarmed and has no criminal record. Yet, the question is not what Carruth “should” have done but what he is legally required to do. The common law protects not just self-defense but mistaken self-defense where a person may have erroneously (but reasonably) thought that he was under attack.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 3, 2021

At the time, I wrote that if someone sued over the resulting mayhem, Durkan and Seattle could find themselves clinging to the very legal doctrine they denounced in police brutality cases: immunity. Rioters took over a police station and were allowed to occupy an entire section of the city.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

the Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. In my view, the case is not only lacking legal merit but would pose a serious threat to artistic expression under the First Amendment. In New York Times v. Here is the complaint: Elden v.

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