CRJU 3300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: District Attorney, Misdemeanor, Flat Rate
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Legal education: the core curriculum of law schools is similar. Primitive legal systems: laws created and administered by tribal leaders; informal; case were won based on which side presented the most compelling argument (orators from. Transitional legal systems: roles of police, judges and attorney emerged; england and apprenticeships; barristers (in-court) vs solicitors (out of court). Modern legal systems: training is more industrialized and formal; aba approved schools and the bar exam to get licensed; law school debt. The practice of law: lawyers prefer to work in larger law firms in larger cities because of larger salaries. Prosecutors: represent the people in bringing charges against criminal defendants. Local and state: (aka: district attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth attorney) Prosecutors receive cases from law enforcement agencies, review them for legal sufficiency, and then decide whether or not to prosecute (case screening- weed out the weak cases). Prose(cid:272)utor"s offi(cid:272)e serves as a legal advisor to gra(cid:374)d juries.
