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5. A client hired a lawyer to do the legal work in connection with a trusts and estate matter.  The lawyer agreed to do the work for a set hourly fee.  The lawyer did a great deal of legal research, prepared numerous memoranda of fact and law, and drafted most of the documents needed for setting up a trust.  At that point, the client became angry with the lawyer for no apparent reason and fired him.  The client paid the lawyer at the agreed upon rate for the work the lawyer had done and demanded that the lawyer turn over to him the papers that the lawyer had prepared, including the memoranda of fact and law and the document drafts. What papers must the lawyer turn over to the client?

10. Shaili is a young and busy litigator.  She has three upcoming trials, and a number of other cases which involve a lot of discovery, including, depositions, written discovery, and review of records obtained through subpoenas.  For the past 2 years, she has only been able to perform 6 hours of pro bono work.  Shaili is:

3. Pop is among the wealthiest men in New York society. When his son was arrested for selling illegal drugs to his prep school classmates, Pop sought the legal services of the prestigious old firm of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe (“Dewey”). The Dewey firm practices almost nothing but securities and banking law. For which of the following reasons may the Dewey firm decline employment in the case? I. That Pop is not among the firm’s regular clients. II. That the firm is not experienced in criminal litigation. III. That Pop can obtain better service at lower fees from lawyers with more experience in criminal litigation. IV. That the firm does not want to take time away from its regular work for a matter such as this one.

A nurse is assessing a patient for signs of jaundice.  Which of the following findings would most likely indicate the presence of jaundice?

The nuclear division that creates haploid cells from diploid cells is called mitosis.

During an initial health history, a client states, “I haven’t slept in weeks”. The nurse responds, “You are saying that you have not had any sleep in weeks?” What communication technique is the nurse using to obtain accurate subjective data from the client?

The function of the tumor suppressor gene is to

The nurse is taking routine vital signs at the end of the shift.  The patient’s BP reads 210/138 mmHg.  The patient’s baseline BP has been in the 120’s systolic.  What action should the nurse do first?

Gametes are haploid cells, meaning they have half the normal number of chromosomes found in somatic cells.

ATP and NADPH are produced during __________ of photosynthesis.