1. Research related to court cases is provided to the judge by the clerks. As I know clerks help the judge in making legal decisions and also in researching some questions before the court.
2. The paralegal may also play the role of support personnel in the system in court. I'm not 100% sure, as paralegal also can be litigation paralegal. these roles are both important, depending on a situation.
3. Civil law may handle a court case involving damages or a non-criminal case. Civil law usually handles the cases which involve private frictions between two or more civils or organizations.
4. The attorneys and legal staff hired for larger businesses is referred to as an in-house counsel. In-house attorneys and other legal staff are always employed by corporations. A corporation can have on or more attorneys.
5. A defendant may be on trial in a criminal law court room if he or she is accused of a crime that is considered as felony or misdemeanor. Felony is a true crime that involves rape, homicide etc. Misdemeanor is a crime that can be punishable for up to one year.
6. I'm not sure about that, as there should be an options to choose, but I think that the answer is: An attorney will be representing either the plaintiff
or the defendant at trial
7. I'm definitely sure that court reporter or court stenographer is responsible for writing the transcripts of the proceedings in the court room. They transcribe spoken or recorded speech during the process in court.
8. As far as I remember correct answer is: Lower courts in American System include trial courts. It's a court which is authorized to hear any case that is not committed by other courts.
9. Paralegals will find themselves most frequently working in the law office. Just like regular lawyers, they can be employed by the law office or they can work online.
10. As I've mentioned before, they can work online as a freelancers or the can have solo practice. In that case the answer is: A paralegal may be in charge of all office functions if they work for a solo practice.
