1. What are the terms that refer to the two main parties in a lawsuit?

2. How is a person defined as a "party" to a lawsuit?

3. What is personal jurisdiction?

4. What role does a paralegal have in drafting a complaint?

5. What is a forum, and what relation does it have to a court's jurisdictional power?

6. Compare and contrast obtaining personal jurisdiction through the defendant's presence in the forum and his or her domicile in the forum.

7. Explain how a forum can obtain personal jurisdiction over a defendant through minimum contacts under the International Shoe case.

8. Compare and contrast general jurisdiction courts with limited jurisdiction courts.

9. All federal courts are limited jurisdiction courts. Explain.

10. What is diversity of citizenship, and what impact does it have on jurisdictional issues in federal courts?

11. Explain "amount in controversy" and what it means to subject matter jurisdiction