The Legal Team, Law Practices, and Law Firm Governance

The legal team consists of

• Clerks

• paralegals

• Expert witnesses

• attorneys

• All the above

Types of nonowner attorneys in a private law practice include

• Contract attorneys

• staff attorneys

• associates

• all the above

An attorney who shares in the profits or losses of a law firm that is a professional corporation is called a(n)

• nonequity partner

• partner

• shareholder

• "of counsel"

• contract attorney

A paralegal who works as an independent contractor under the supervision and accountability of an attorney for a specific job or period is called a:

• paralegal manager

• independent paralegal

• freelance/contract paralegal

• none of the above

A position found in larger firms that usually requires a college business degree, where the position is responsible for some kind of law office system, is called a(n)

• partner

• law office administrator

• office manager

• expert witness

• paralegal manager

A small firm that primarily accepts cases only in one or two areas of the law is sometimes called a(n)

• small law firm

• rooming together

• office sharing

• boutique firm

A law firm that has between 75 and several hundred attorneys is called a

• large firm

• corporate firm

• legal services office

• megafirm

A law firm management structure in which subgroups of partners and shareholders make management decisions for the firm is called

• rule by management committee/board

• powerful managing partner

• limited liability company

• rule by all partners/shareholders

• partnership

The Fair Labor Standards Act

• sets standards regarding who can be hired by employers

• sets minimum wage and overtime pay requirements

• identifies standards regarding unions

• establishes fairness standards regarding how employers must treat employees

• none of the above

An associate is usually with a firm from _______________ before being considered for a partnership position.

• three to six months

• six months to one year

• 5 to 10 years, depending on the size of the firm

• more than 15 years