Please provide a paragraph of 100 words -

1. You are a new paralegal and have worked for a medium-sized law office for three months. It has been a tremendous experience, as you learned how the office does business; its policies and procedures; what type of service you are expected to give to clients; where resources are; and how to use resources, such as the office's computer systems, law library, copy machines, and form files. Although it has taken time for you to learn these things, you have also been productive and have received several compliments on the quality of your work. One day, you read in the office's staff manual that all paralegals are required to bill 1,500 hours annually or face possible discipline. You immediately contact your supervisor and ask whether, as a new paralegal, you will be expected to bill this amount. Your supervisor responds, "Of course. You were told that when you were hired." You immediately begin gathering copies of your timesheets to compile your total. You also request that the billing department sends you the total number of hours you have billed to date. When you get the report from billing, you panic; you have billed only 300 hours.

What do you do now? Why? How could you have avoided this unfortunate situation?

2. You are interviewing a new client who wants to hire your office to help negotiate the purchase of a small business. The seller has proposed $20,000. The new client would be willing to pay this amount, although he or she thinks it is a bit high, but he or she does not feel comfortable negotiating with the seller and would rather have an attorney involved in the deal for his or her protection. However, he or she is suspicious of paralegals and attorneys and is especially concerned about how much it will cost to get the representation he or she needs. You inform the client that the attorney will be the one who actually talks to him or her about the fee issue, but that typically this type of case is taken on an hourly basis and that the attorney will be able to give him or her only a very broad estimate of what the total matter will cost. The client states that this would be unacceptable to him or her because he or she "does not have a lot of money to pay overpriced attorneys." The client also states that he or she would like this matter settled as soon as possible. Please include in memorandum to the attorney outlining the issue and possible solutions. What type of fee arrangement would you suggest to the attorney? Keep in mind the client's anxieties and his or her particular needs.