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,TABLElOFlCONTENT
1. ManaginglYourlLegallAffairs
2. IntroductionltolthelLegallSystem
3. ThelResolutionloflDisputes:lThelCourtslandlAlternativesltolLitigation
4. IntentionallTortslandlTortslImpactinglBusiness
5. Negligence,lProfessionallLiability,landlInsurance
6. ThelElementsloflalContract:lConsensuslandlConsideration
7. ThelElementsloflalContract:lCapacity,lLegality,landlIntention
8. FactorslAffectinglthelContractuallRelationship
9. ThelEndloflthelContractuallRelationship
10. AgencylandlPartnership
11. Corporations
12. Employment
13. IntellectuallProperty
14. ReallandlPersonallPropertylandlProtectionloflthelEnvironment
15. PriorityloflCreditors
16. SaleslandlConsumerlProtection
,Chl1.lManaginglYourlLegallAffairs
1. Inlthelcontextloflalsophisticatedlclient,l"sophisticated"lcanlbestlbeldefinedlas
a. complicated,lself-reliant,landlcosmopolitan.
b. refinedlandlcultured.
c. simplelandlnaïve.
d. confident,lknowledgeable,landlupltoldate.
e. aggressive,ldynamic,landlforceful.
2. Whichloflthelfollowinglbestldescribeslthellikelihoodloflalstudentlbecominglinvolvedlinlalsit
uationlnecessitatingllegalladvice?
, a. Alstudent,lorlsomeonelcloseltolalstudent,lsometimeslbecomeslinvolvedlinlsuchlalsituation.
b. Alstudent,lorlsomeonelcloseltolthelstudent,lwilllalwayslbecomelinvolvedlinlsuchlalsituation.
c. Becauselstudentslarelnotlbusinesslpeople,ltheylneverlbecomelinvolvedlinlsuchlsituations.
d. Becauselstudentslcannotlbelsophisticated,ltheylwillloftenlbecomelinvolvedlinlsuchlsituations.
e. Legalladvicelislnotlavailableltolstudents.
3. Ramanlislalsophisticatedlclient.lThislmeanslthatlshe
a. understandslhowltolmanagelallawyer-clientlrelationship.
b. haslallawldegree.
c. islalsmalllbusinesslowner.
d. manageslherllegallaffairslwithoutlassistancelfromlallawyer.
e. willlprobablylneverlfindlherselflinlalsituationlnecessitatingllegalladvice.
4. Whichloflthelfollowinglislnotlalgoodlreasonlforlalbusinesspersonltolseekladvicelfromlallawyer?
a. Thelbusinesspersonlcannotlfindlthelnecessaryllegallinformation.
b. Thelbusinesspersonlcannotlunderstandlthelnecessaryllegallinformation.
c. Thelnecessaryllegallinformationlislavailablelonline.
d. Itlwouldltakeltoollonglforlthelbusinesspersonltolfindlthelnecessaryllegallinformation.
e. Thelbusinesspersonlislfacinglcriminallcharges.
5. Forlsophisticatedlclients,lthelavailabilityloflanlabundancelofllegallinformationlonlinelis
a. alnegativeldevelopment,lbecauselonlinelinformationlislrarelylaccuratelorlhelpful.
b. alpositiveldevelopment,lbecauselitlmeanslthatltheylwilllnollongerlneedltolretainllawyerslaslpartloflth
eirlteam.
c. alnegativeldevelopment,lbecauselaccessinglthislinformationltendsltolbelmorelcostlylthanlretaininglalla
wyer.
d. alpositiveldevelopment,lbecauselitlprovideslgreaterlaccessltolinformationltheylcanluselaslpartloflth
eirldecision-makinglprocess.
e. alneutralldevelopment,lbecausellawyerslarelstilllthelonlyloneslableltolaccesslthislinformation.
6. Whenlsearchinglonlinelforllegallinformation,litlislbestlto
a. trustlthatliflitlislpublishedlonline,litlmustlbelaccurate.
b. neverltrustlthelinformationlfoundlonlalwebsite.
c. uselAmericanlsources,lasltheyltendltolbelmorelcomprehensivelthanlCanadianlones.
d. gaugelthelaccuracyloflthelinformationlbylthellookloflthelwebsite.
e. seeklinputlfromlallawyerlwhenlanswerslcannotlbelreadilylfound.
7. Sophisticatedlclients
a. dolnotlneedltolretainlallawyer.
b. knowlthatlitlislbetterltolhirelallawyerlthanltolconductlresearchlonlone'slown.
c. arelwillingltolpaylforllegalladvicelatlanylcost.
d. tendltolbelembarrassedltolrequestllegalladvice.
e. havelthelskilllandlconfidenceltolfindlbasicllegallinformation.