LGLA-2333 Advance Legal Documents - Final Exam Review
Questions And Complete Answers
E-mail is an effective way to:a. communicate information that would be awkward to share
during a telephone call b. explain complicated legal procedures c. share straight-forward,
non-privileged information that is not sensitive. d. share privileged information - ANSWER c.
share straight-forward, non-privileged information that is not sensitive
T/F: If the writer knows that the recipient prefers to communicate through some means other
then e-mail, the writer should respect that preference and use the alternative communication.
- ANSWER True
E-mail is an effective way to: a. communicate information that would be awkward to share
during a telephone call b. explain complicated legal procedures c. share straight-forward,
non-privileged information that is not sensitive. d. share privileged information - ANSWER c.
share straight-forward, non-privileged information that is not sensitive
T/F: If the writer knows that the recipient prefers to communicate through some means other
then e-mail, the writer should respect that preference and use the alternative communication.
- ANSWER True
A good rule of thumb is that, if it would take your recipient more than _______ sentence(s) to
answer your question, you should schedule a call instead of relying exclusively on e-mail.a.
one b. two c. three d. four - ANSWER three
,T/F The usual grammar and punctuation rules do not apply to business e-mails. - ANSWER
False
When you read your e-mails before hitting "submit," you should: a. not waste precious time
reviewing it because time (in a law firm) is money. b. add a joke or two to entertain the reader
c. consider the e-mail from the recipient's perspective d. make sure the tone is casual and
informal - ANSWER c. consider the e-mail from the recipient's perspective
In this course, use: a Arial, 12 point font b. whatever font you prefer. What you type is more
important than how you type it. c. Arial, 10 point font d. Times New Roman, 10 point font e.
Times New Roman, 12 point font - ANSWER e. Times New Roman, 12 point font
T/F: An e-mail writer should not worry about tone. Just write naturally and the odds of
miscommunication will be very small. - ANSWER False
In an e-mail (and in legal writing generally), the legal writer should avoid using: a. colons b.
periods c. question marks d. commas e. exclamation marks - ANSWER e. exclamation marks
T/F: In e-mails, sentences should be short, but paragraphs should be relatively long. -
ANSWER False
T/F: E-mails are ephemeral documents, so there is no need to file them. - ANSWER False
Choose the two items that must be in every subject line of an legal e-mail: a. topic of the
,e-mail b. level of urgency of the e-mail c. name of e-mail sender d. "attorney client privilege"
warning e. client-matter information - ANSWER a. topic of the e-mail and e. client-matter
information
If the e-mail is urgent, you should convey that information: a. at the very end of the e-mail, so
that it isthe last information that the recipient sees b e-mails are always urgent, so there is no
need to refer to urgency in an e-mail c. in the first line of the body of the e-mail d. in the
subject line - ANSWER d. in the subject line
Which two of these subject lines are appropriate? a. Need Help with the "Education" Section
of the Resume Assignment (LGLA 1307) b. URGENT! (Greenberg Will Matter) c. Update about
Odds and Ends (SMI-002) d. Need Help with Contracts e. Need Information about Question #
6 of the Interrogatories (ADC-105) f. Your Thoughts? (Smith v. Franks) - ANSWER e. Need
Information about Question # 6 of the Interrogatories (ADC-105)
You need to update the client about a hearing that happened today and find out the client's
oldest child's birth date. (The case concerns a divorce.) You are in a rush, so you have decided
to send only one e-mail. Which of these subject lines is best? a. Hearing Update Etc.
(WAS-002) b. Divorce Update (WAS-002) c. Birthday Question (WAS-002) d. Need Tommy's
Birthdate and Have Hearing Update (WAS-002) - ANSWER d. Need Tommy's Birthdate and
Have Hearing Update (WAS-002)
Which one of these subject lines is formatted correctly? a. Update about the Child Support
Hearing (WAS-002) b. Update About The Child Support Hearing (WAS-002) c. Update about
the child support hearing (WAS-002) d. Update about the child support Hearing (WAS-002) -
ANSWER a. Update about the Child Support Hearing (WAS-002)
, When you are replying to an e-mail you should: a. never respond to an e-mail by hitting
"reply." Instead, you should create a new e-mail and respond only in that e-mail. b. check the
subject line to see if it needs to be changed to reflect the subject of your response c. not
change the original subject line, even if your response is on a different topic - ANSWER b.
check the subject line to see if it needs to be changed to reflect the subject of your response
Which one of these salutations is appropriate to use when you are e-mail someone whom you
have never met? The person's name is Fred Tadashi, and he is an attorney. a. Dear Dr. Tadashi:
b. Dear Fred Tadashi: c. Dear Mr. Fred Tadashi: d. Dear Mr. Fred: e. Dear Fred: f. Dear Mr.
Tadashi: g. Dear Attorney Tadashi: - ANSWER f. Dear Mr. Tadashi:
Which one of these salutations is appropriate to use when you are e-mail someone whom you
have never met? The person's name is Fredericka Tadashi, and she is an attorney. You
googled Fredericka and has found out that she is married with two young children. a. Dear
Mrs. Fredericka Tadashi: b. Dear Fredericka Tadashi: c. Dear Fredericka: d. Dear Ms. Tadashi: -
ANSWER d. Dear Ms. Tadashi:
You need to send a business-related e-mail to Bob Hayes, a paralegal at a law firm in town.
You have known Bob for many years, and you and he are pretty good friends. Bob is an
informal kind of person. Bob is about five years younger than you are. Which of these choices
would work best as the e-mail salutation? a. Dear Bob Hayes: b. Dear Bob Hayes, c. Hi, Bob! d.
Dear Bob, e. Dear Bob: - ANSWER e. Dear Bob:
You want to e-mail a colleague to invite her to a lunch. There is no business purpose for the
lunch. You simply want to socialize with a good friend. The friend's legal name is Juana
Questions And Complete Answers
E-mail is an effective way to:a. communicate information that would be awkward to share
during a telephone call b. explain complicated legal procedures c. share straight-forward,
non-privileged information that is not sensitive. d. share privileged information - ANSWER c.
share straight-forward, non-privileged information that is not sensitive
T/F: If the writer knows that the recipient prefers to communicate through some means other
then e-mail, the writer should respect that preference and use the alternative communication.
- ANSWER True
E-mail is an effective way to: a. communicate information that would be awkward to share
during a telephone call b. explain complicated legal procedures c. share straight-forward,
non-privileged information that is not sensitive. d. share privileged information - ANSWER c.
share straight-forward, non-privileged information that is not sensitive
T/F: If the writer knows that the recipient prefers to communicate through some means other
then e-mail, the writer should respect that preference and use the alternative communication.
- ANSWER True
A good rule of thumb is that, if it would take your recipient more than _______ sentence(s) to
answer your question, you should schedule a call instead of relying exclusively on e-mail.a.
one b. two c. three d. four - ANSWER three
,T/F The usual grammar and punctuation rules do not apply to business e-mails. - ANSWER
False
When you read your e-mails before hitting "submit," you should: a. not waste precious time
reviewing it because time (in a law firm) is money. b. add a joke or two to entertain the reader
c. consider the e-mail from the recipient's perspective d. make sure the tone is casual and
informal - ANSWER c. consider the e-mail from the recipient's perspective
In this course, use: a Arial, 12 point font b. whatever font you prefer. What you type is more
important than how you type it. c. Arial, 10 point font d. Times New Roman, 10 point font e.
Times New Roman, 12 point font - ANSWER e. Times New Roman, 12 point font
T/F: An e-mail writer should not worry about tone. Just write naturally and the odds of
miscommunication will be very small. - ANSWER False
In an e-mail (and in legal writing generally), the legal writer should avoid using: a. colons b.
periods c. question marks d. commas e. exclamation marks - ANSWER e. exclamation marks
T/F: In e-mails, sentences should be short, but paragraphs should be relatively long. -
ANSWER False
T/F: E-mails are ephemeral documents, so there is no need to file them. - ANSWER False
Choose the two items that must be in every subject line of an legal e-mail: a. topic of the
,e-mail b. level of urgency of the e-mail c. name of e-mail sender d. "attorney client privilege"
warning e. client-matter information - ANSWER a. topic of the e-mail and e. client-matter
information
If the e-mail is urgent, you should convey that information: a. at the very end of the e-mail, so
that it isthe last information that the recipient sees b e-mails are always urgent, so there is no
need to refer to urgency in an e-mail c. in the first line of the body of the e-mail d. in the
subject line - ANSWER d. in the subject line
Which two of these subject lines are appropriate? a. Need Help with the "Education" Section
of the Resume Assignment (LGLA 1307) b. URGENT! (Greenberg Will Matter) c. Update about
Odds and Ends (SMI-002) d. Need Help with Contracts e. Need Information about Question #
6 of the Interrogatories (ADC-105) f. Your Thoughts? (Smith v. Franks) - ANSWER e. Need
Information about Question # 6 of the Interrogatories (ADC-105)
You need to update the client about a hearing that happened today and find out the client's
oldest child's birth date. (The case concerns a divorce.) You are in a rush, so you have decided
to send only one e-mail. Which of these subject lines is best? a. Hearing Update Etc.
(WAS-002) b. Divorce Update (WAS-002) c. Birthday Question (WAS-002) d. Need Tommy's
Birthdate and Have Hearing Update (WAS-002) - ANSWER d. Need Tommy's Birthdate and
Have Hearing Update (WAS-002)
Which one of these subject lines is formatted correctly? a. Update about the Child Support
Hearing (WAS-002) b. Update About The Child Support Hearing (WAS-002) c. Update about
the child support hearing (WAS-002) d. Update about the child support Hearing (WAS-002) -
ANSWER a. Update about the Child Support Hearing (WAS-002)
, When you are replying to an e-mail you should: a. never respond to an e-mail by hitting
"reply." Instead, you should create a new e-mail and respond only in that e-mail. b. check the
subject line to see if it needs to be changed to reflect the subject of your response c. not
change the original subject line, even if your response is on a different topic - ANSWER b.
check the subject line to see if it needs to be changed to reflect the subject of your response
Which one of these salutations is appropriate to use when you are e-mail someone whom you
have never met? The person's name is Fred Tadashi, and he is an attorney. a. Dear Dr. Tadashi:
b. Dear Fred Tadashi: c. Dear Mr. Fred Tadashi: d. Dear Mr. Fred: e. Dear Fred: f. Dear Mr.
Tadashi: g. Dear Attorney Tadashi: - ANSWER f. Dear Mr. Tadashi:
Which one of these salutations is appropriate to use when you are e-mail someone whom you
have never met? The person's name is Fredericka Tadashi, and she is an attorney. You
googled Fredericka and has found out that she is married with two young children. a. Dear
Mrs. Fredericka Tadashi: b. Dear Fredericka Tadashi: c. Dear Fredericka: d. Dear Ms. Tadashi: -
ANSWER d. Dear Ms. Tadashi:
You need to send a business-related e-mail to Bob Hayes, a paralegal at a law firm in town.
You have known Bob for many years, and you and he are pretty good friends. Bob is an
informal kind of person. Bob is about five years younger than you are. Which of these choices
would work best as the e-mail salutation? a. Dear Bob Hayes: b. Dear Bob Hayes, c. Hi, Bob! d.
Dear Bob, e. Dear Bob: - ANSWER e. Dear Bob:
You want to e-mail a colleague to invite her to a lunch. There is no business purpose for the
lunch. You simply want to socialize with a good friend. The friend's legal name is Juana
