1. IS A BANKRUPTCY JUDGE CONSIDERED A SPECIALIST?

2. TRUE OR FALSE: BANKRUPTCY JUDGES ARE APPOINTED.

3. DEFINE WHAT PRO SE MEANS.

4. IN A NON-JURY TRIAL- WHO DECIDES THE GUILT OR INNOCENSE OF A DEFENDANT?

5. TRUE OR FALSE: A DEFENDANT MUST CHOSE WHETHER TO PLEAD GUILTY OR INNOCENT.

6. TRUE OR FALSE- A PROBATION OFFICER DOES NOT PRODUCE A PRESENTENCE REPORT TO THE COURT THAT ARE USED BY A JUDGE IN SENTENCING.

7. TRUE OR FALSE- THE PROSECUTOR'S CLIENT IS THE GOVERNMENT AND IT'S CITIZENS AS A WHOLE.

8. TRUE OR FALSE- DISCOVERY DOES NOT ALLOW A DEFENDANT TO EXAMINE THE PROSECUTOR'S EVIDENCE.

9. TRUE OR FALSE- AT A TRIAL- THE PROSECUTION IS ALLOWED TO PUT ON EVIDENCE AND ARGUE THE ISSUE OF A DEFENDANT'S GUILT.

10. TRUE OR FALSE- AT A TRIAL- THE DEFENSE IS NOT ALLOWED TO PUT ON EVIDENCE OR ARGUE THE DEFENDANT'S INNOCENSE.

11. WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THE PROSECUTION TO DROP A CASE?

12. DESCRIBE OR DEFINE PLEA BARGAIN.

13. UNDER THE ___________________ AND ___________________ DECISIONS, A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT HAS THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT COULD BE GIVEN A JAIL OR PRISON SENTENCE OF MORE THAN SIX MONTHS.

14. TRUE OR FALSE- A TRIAL RECEIVES LESS ATTENTION THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT OCCURS IN CRIMINAL COURTS.

15. ACCORDING TO THE READING MATERIALS- IN 1963 THERE WERE 135 ABAACCREDITED LAW SCHOOLS. HOW MANY ABA- ACCREDITED LAW SCHOOLS WERE THERE IN 2011?

16. THE COURT OF APPEALS HAVE JURISDICTION PRIMARILY OVER _______________________ DECISIONS.

17. TRUE OR FALSE- JUDGES ARE NOT AT THE CENTER OF JUDICIAL PROCESS.

18. PRESENTENCE REPORT. LIST INFORMATION THAT MAY BE IN THIS REPORT THAT IS PREPARED FOR THE JUDGE.

19. TRUE OR FALSE- AFTER THE PRESENTENCE REPORT IS PREPARED AND DELIVERED TO THE JUDGE- IS THERE A HEARING REGARDING THIS REPORT? IF SO, WHO DOES THE JUDGE HEAR FROM AT THIS HEARING?

20. TRUE OR FALSE- A PRESENTENCE REPORT DOES NOT INDICATE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE JUDGE FOR SENTENCING.

21. PEOPLE GO TO CIVIL COURTS TO SEEK WHAT? ______________

22. THE MOST COMMON REMEDY IS ____________________.

23. DEFINE DAMAGES.

24. WHAT IS ANOTHER TYPE OF REMEDY? __________________

25. DEFINE INJUNCTION AND PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE.

26. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A DECLARATION OF LEGAL RIGHTS OR STATUS.

27. DEFINE RESTITUTION.

28. LIST THREE (3) DISADVANTAGES OF LITIGATION.

29. TRUE OR FALSE- THERE IS ONLY ONE LEVEL OF APPELLATE COURTS.

30. ACCORDING TO THE TEXTBOOK- HOW MANY STATES HAVE ONLY A SINGLE LEVEL APPELLATE COURT? _________

31. WHAT LEVEL OF THE APPELLATE COURT STANDS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TRIAL COURTS AND REVIEWS THEIR DECISIONS? ________

32. TRUE OR FALSE- THERE IS NOT A COURT ABOVE THE APPELLATE COURTS FIRST LEVEL.

33. IN THE APPELLATE COURT- WHO OR WHAT STANDS ABOVE THE FIRSTLEVEL COURTS TO REVIEW THEIR DECISIONS? ___________

34. IN THE APPELLATE COURTS- __________ PLAY EVEN MORE CENTRAL ROLES THAN THEY DO IN TRIAL COURTS.

35. JUDGES ARE ASSISTED BY _______________.

36. APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS HAVE TWO (2) COMPONENTS. THE FIRST IS A REVIEW OF HOW THE LOWER COURT TREATED THE PARTIES TO THE CASE. WHAT IS THE SECOND COMPONENT.

37. ____________________ LABEL CRIMINAL OFFENSES INTO TWO CATEGORIES. LIST THE TWO CATEGORIES: _______________ AND ________________.

38. ________________ ARE THE MOST SERIOUS OFFENSE (THOSE PUNISHABLE WITH THE STRONGEST SANCTIONS).

39. CRIMES ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED BY YOUNGER PEOPLE CAN BE EITHER FELONIES OR MISDEMEANORS BUT THEY ALSO CONSTITUTE A SPECIAL CATEGORY WITHIN A COURT KNOWN AS YOUTH COURT (JUVENILE COURTS). WHEN THESE COURTS WERE CREATED, THE GOAL WAS TO EMPHASIZE _________________ RATHER THAN _______________.

40. STATE SYSTEMS ARE DIVIDED FROM EACH OTHER BY GEOGRAPHY. IN CONTRAST, THE FEDERAL AND STATE SYSTEMS OVERLAP GEOGRAPHICALLY. CASES ORDINARILY STAY WITHIN A SINGLE SYSTEM. A CASE BROUGHT TO A FEDERAL COURT ALMOST ALWAYS REMAINS IN THE FEDERAL COURT.

41.TRUE OR FALSE- SOME CASES DO GO FROM A STATE SUPREME COURT TO THE US SUPREME COURT AND SOME CASES ARE REMOVED FROM STATE TRIAL COURTS TO FEDERAL TRIAL COURTS.