Paralegal Technology Glossary

          My field of study is Paralegal. For my hypertext narrative, go here.
This program is given by Ahuntsic College located in Montreal. It is a three years technical program.  This glossary could be useful to you if your field of study is Paralegal. This glossary can also be useful for those who are planning to study paralegal.

Act: A proceeding designed to a legal effect.

Appellant: A person who applies to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.

Assets: Property owned by a company or individual.

Attorney: One who is lagally appointed to transact business on another's behalf; especially: lawyer.

Bailiff: An officer of the court whose job includes serving legal documents, which means delivering them in an official way.
Bailiffs also carry out court decisions, for example by seizing property.

Case law: All of the decisions made courts. Case law is also called jurisprudence.Jurisprudence clarifies the meaning of the law and guides judges who decide similar cases in the future.

Contract: A formal agreement between two or more parties.

Court: A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.

Damages: Harm suffered by someon. The harm could be to his physical or psychological health or to his property or income.

Debtor: A person who owes something to someone else. For example, let's say that Paul borrows $5.00 from Peter. Paul is a debtor of Peter  $5.00.

Defendant : An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.

Evidence: Matter produced before a court of law in an attempt tp prove or disprove a 

point in issue, such as the statements of witnesses, documents, material objects, etc...

Guilty: Culpable of or responsible for specified wrongdoing.

Incarceration : The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.

Judgment: A decision made by a court in a court case.

Lawyer: A person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor. 

Liabilities: Amounts owed, including bills to be paid, loans and mortgages.

Offense: A violation of the law, as in criminal offense.

Plaintiff: A person who asks a court to recognize a right.

Prescription: Gaining or losing a legal right because of the passage of time.

Probation: A sentence (penalty) imposed  on someone found guilty of a crime 

Proof: The different ways to establish that a fact is true or a legal document exists.

Testify: To make verbal statements in a court case to prove a fact.

Theft: The act of stealing.

Verdict: A decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

Witness: A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

       References:

• Princeton Review: a day in the life of a paralegal
• Labodanglais.com
• VirtualWritingTutor.com

Why Paralegal Technology ?

Why Paralegal Technology?
  
 My field of study is Paralegal. This program is given by Ahuntsic College located in Montreal. It is a three years technical program. This article is written to explain what is paralegal job.  


A Paralegal life at job

A Paralegal is an important worker of the legal system. Paralegal Technology is a good field of study for those who are interested in a legal profession. Paralegal is a legal professional assistant, but he can neither practice law nor dispense legal advice. He can't also either try a case in court nor accept legal fees. They help lawyers to prepare cases for trial in court. Paralegals are charged to make research about law and court decisions. They are also responsible for writing reports and drafting documents for litigation are their main task. Paralegals enter the profession by some different way.

Giving your dues

Students become Paralegal after an ABA or after being trained on the job. Most Paralegal Technology is normally achieved after two years, but yet, some colleges and universities give bachelor' programs. Beyond this, some liberal art students are hired directly by some firms. This profession is growing up, attracting a lot of people. Knowledge of computer is an asset to the profession. Others advantages are practical experience, legal terminology investigation.

Present and future

Paralegal is very  recent. Previously, most of the task of Paralegal were covered by Lawyers. Today, lawyers task are focus on  trying legal cases, according to Paralegal. Specializing in computer technology can be an asset for a Paralegal. The Paralegal must be updated with.

Quality of life

Present and future
It takes long to a newcomer to the profession to get experienced. The Paralegal probably has as responsibilities by loading the work and should work up to 90 hours a week. Paralegal must spend his day by researching and preparing reports for presentations. The Paralegal should expect to have a supervisor. With his experience, Paralegal does a lot of works.

Five years out

The Paralegal who hasn't studied law must pursue a specialization.  Paralegals are  more responsible. In a corporate environment, there are possibilities to advance. It is easy to move to another law firm to other which is good paid.

Ten years out

After 10 years, the Paralegal career can be evaluated. At that moment, the Paralegal can decide if he wants to continue with  the law degree or change his career with other fields.

References:

• Princeton Review: a day in the life of a paralegal
• Labodanglais.com
• VirtualWritingTutor.com
• Diffchecker.com

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Educaloi website

Éducaloi

This website is  very helpful and essential for the Paralegals and Paralegal Technology students.  educaloi.qc.ca. is a free website. Educaloi website is created to give to people legal information. It helps people to understand  law, their right and and their obligation. It was founded in 2000 and located in Quebec. Educaloi website is a good source of information for the public on the whole law in Quebec. With this website, people can get information related to the families and couples, work, housing and property, wills and estates.This website refers to my study program in that it deals with the right. Éducaloi website treats of a lot of subjects related to fields of law and judges, lawyers, notaries, bailiffs, paralegals and the public can get some benefits from it.
The most interesting advantage of educaloi website is that it is public and free, so anybody can get on it and learn evrything he wants by reaserching. My study program is Paralegal Technology. This program is given by Ahuntsic College in Montreal.

In this video, I will do a walkthrough demonstrating how perform a specific task on educaloi.

How to use educaloi to get information about housing and property

In this video, I will do a walkthrough demonstrating how get information about housing and property.

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Five reasons to study Paralegal technology

                             Five reasons to study Paralegal -Technology

  There are five main reasons to study paralegal. It 's a 3 year program given by Ahuntsic College in Montreal. Paralegal is an interesting program which offers to the students   a lot of opportunies, like jobs opportunities, personal knowledge, self-employment. There are some reasons why I chose to become a Paralegal. I would like to share with you some of the reasons I deceided to become a Paralegal.

1. Career Opportunities 

The fisrt reason of studying Paralegal is because of it opportunities of jobs. Paralegal gives a lot of opportunities of jobs like. With it last semester intership, the student will be in contact with a lot of employers. During their intership, a lot of Paralegal students find their fist job. You can also after your Paralegal Technology continue with a bachelor in University if you don't want to work as a Paralegal. With a bachelor in law after your Paralegal diploma.

2. For our personal  knowledge

Secondly, studying Paralegal is important for our personal knowledge. Everyone must have a minimum of knowledge in law. With this, everyone will know their rights in society. Studying Paralegal provides a lot of advantages. You can avoid a lot of trouble in your life by studying Paralegal Technology. Some of your problems can be solved without any help. Studying Paralegal can help you to save momey. Studying Paralegal helps us to know our society  law and avoid illegal acts. 

3. Possibility of self-employment 

The third reasons' to study paralegal is the possibility of self-employment at the end of your program. Studying paralegal in Quebec education system, you can choose to work for yourself. You can also become an immigration consultant and be your own employer. Studying Paralegal you can't be unemployed because there are a lot of job opportunities in that field. 

4. Paralegal is a well-paid job

Paralegal-Technology can be a good accasion for you to make a lot of momey because of its good wage. Any job related to law are well-paid. Judges, lawyers, notaries, clerks and bailiffs can easily earn momey with their activities.

5. Paralegal can be also an opportunity to improve your English

Paralegal requires some knowledge  in English. Paralegal program can help to improve our English. Most of law books are written in English and French and I think it can help to improve our English.
When you work in law field, you will always be in contact with French and English people and that can help you to practice and improve your English.

6. Symbol of justice

Conclusion

To conclude, I can say that Paralegal in Quebec educational system is a good progam which I suggest to young people to study. There are a lot of opportunities to study Paralegal. Paralegal can be an opportunity for you to realize your dream. Paralegal is the best choice for a better future.

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