CJ 107 Final Exam

Good legal writing should use this type of voice:

In a memorandum of law, you should use the IRAC method in the: 

A reliable commercial site providing access to federal codes, cases, and regulations is:

Clicking on an item will take you directly to the desired source by way of a:

The plaintiff at trial is always called the appellant or petitioner on appeal.

The U.S. Supreme Court has adopted a rule of court specifying the contents and format for briefs filed in that court.

Long sentences are good because they force the reader to pay close attention.

Sentences are groups of words expressing a complete thought.

A benefit of full text online searching with Westlaw or Lexis Academic is that:

Some Web sites containing legal information are in fact advertisements.

Conducting legal research through online searches requires adequate preparation prior to searching.

A predictive formula of legal writing is using the following:

This legal document does not take sides or try to convince the reader to adopt a position:

A document filed in support of or in opposition to an appeal is:

A declaration is usually written in the first person.

Terms and connectors found on freely-accessible Internet sites are all the same.

Lexis Advance and Westlaw contain numerous primary as well as secondary sources of law.

A memorandum of law should always contain the date it was prepared.

The default type of search in Westlaw and Lexis Academic is:

Lexis Advance is free to anyone on the Internet.

A quotation of longer than 50 words should be:

Shepards is found on both Lexis Advance and Westlaw.

The website for the American Bar Association would be:

Legislative histories:

A statement under penalty of perjury and sworn to before a notary is:

A memorandum of law is intended to inform the reader rather than to persuade.

Id. and supra are approved The Bluebook shorthand methods for citing case law

Use of the following provides the reader with a detailed road map of the legal discussion or argument:

Citations in a memorandum of law should follow the format of The Bluebook or other approved style manual.

The legal protection of original works by authorship is called a:

A table of authorities only contains citations to primary authorities, not references to secondary authorities.

Facts in a memorandum of points and authorities or appellate brief are usually stated in an objective manner.

A memorandum of points and authorities is signed by the attorney submitting it.

In a thesis paragraph you should not:

A discussion site where individuals can post comments about various topics is called a:

An alternative to Boolean searching is:

A disadvantage of both Lexis Advance and Westlaw is that computers search literally in a terms and connector search.

Words such as "and" or "or" used in a search query to show the relationship between key words are:

A lawfirm with several branches in different locations should consider using a mechanism for secure email such as:

Persuasive writing should not include:

A symbol used in a word that substitutes for any letter is a:

A word or phrase that should not be included in a terms and connector or Boolean search is:

A brief filed in out-of-court proceedings in which parties submit a dispute to a neutral person for resolution is:

You could not reasonably conduct a full-text search for case law without the use of computer-assisted legal research.

Persuasive writing techniques should be used in all legal writing.

Boolean searches consist entirely of key words and connectors.

On Lexis Academic and Westlaw, annotated codes do not contain:

Legal writing is often meant to predict or persuade.

A legal discussion or argument should begin with a thesis paragraph.