what documents,speech or whatver they use to be ready at the court.
2007-08-06 17:04:48 · 5 answers · asked by ticoguana 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Their paralegals prepare their cases, they just give them the go ahead and the paralegals do all of the research for the case law and then the attorney gets it and makes the questions up that they will need to have answered in court and the attorney writes his opening and closing arguments based on what he has been presented by the paralegal (opening statement) or what has been gleaned during the trial for his closing arguments.
2007-08-06 17:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by Sgt Little Keefe 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on the nature of the case, and whether the lawyer is on the defense or is the prosecutor or plaintiff's attorney.
Some things are constant -- you get all the discovery, figure out what bits you can use as evidence to support your case, try to guess what the other side is going to use to support theirs -- and then map it out like a battle plan.
Law is a game of strategy -- one side makes a claim, you need to either deflect or diffuse or just survive that claim -- then you jab back with your points -- the weapons are words (clever phrases, good arguments) and evidence (documents, witnesses, expert testimony).
There's also the legal maneuvering that defines the field -- motions to define what evidence can or cannot be admitted, to get some claims or charges dismissed, to set limits on how things can proceed either to help your presentation or throw obstacles for your opponent. Much of that is based on legal research, which is a constant factor.
Other than those generalities, each case is different -- it's a different battlefield against a different opponent over different issues.
2007-08-07 01:10:13 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the country and what judicial system applies. eg France has an inquisitorial system. England, the US, Australia and NZ have an adversarial system. In the latter (the one I work in) we file "pleadings" (ie the statement of claim, the statement of defence). There may be a whole lot of intermediary applications requesting more details of the claim/defence etc. Putting that aside though in the quickest case scenario there will be a mutual exchange of documents (basically any document that relates to the claim/defence). After that the briefs of evidence are put together. (the briefs are the statements of evidence made by witnesses and read in court and which the opposition will question the witness on. Finally there will be opening and closing submissions. (these include any relevant legal points, case law etc.
2007-08-07 00:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They research the law on the subject, and keep a list of the relevant laws and court decisions ready to explain to the judge.
2007-08-07 00:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
umm.. facts .. like some offical documantes they need to opent he case..
etc.
2007-08-07 00:12:35 · answer #5 · answered by (10% Him) (5% Me) (85% Love) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋