Test yourself!

1. Match each term on the left with its definition on the right:

1.intake memo	a letter which is printed many times and sent to many different people
2.fee agreement	a document that police officers write in order to report a crime
3.retainer agreement	a list of things that need to be done in a certain order
4.form letter	a contract between an attorney and client for retention of the attorney’s services
5.agenda	a document containing information about your health
6.medical record	an container where papers, letters and emails can be kept and organized
7.folder	a document that outlines an attorney’s cost and expenses
8.police report	a questionnaire or set of notes that a lawyer writes for a new client

2. Insert a preposition where necessary:

1. Please, open a file _________ our client, Mr. Smith. I need some more information.

2. Does the file contain _________ the intake memo?

3. Don’t mail the documents ________ Ms. Flow.

4. Have you made _______ the agenda yet?

5. Return these documents to them along ________ our standard form letter, please.

6. Will we have everything we need _______ time?

7. Here is a contract _____________ a lawyer and a client.

8. The lawyer obtained these documents _______ other companies to help _________ the case.

9. I haven’t contacted __________ the hospital ______ my medical record.

10. Have there been any litigation ________ this company?

11. I haven’t checked _______ my paralegal ______ the status of those documents.

3. Translate the sentences from Russian into English without using a dictionary:

1. Вы уже прочли служебную записку? Она лежит на вашем столе с пятницы.

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2. Она долгое время пыталась отправить им стандартный бланк письма.

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3. Вся переписка находится в папке рядом с принтером.

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4. Они пока не позволили адвокату ознакомиться с медицинской карточкой его клиента.

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5. Гн. Рид только что подписал договор об оплате услуг своего адвоката.

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6. Вот список документов, которые необходимо приложить.

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