legal education and practice

Attorney work product is documents and other tangible things prepared in anticipation of litigation by or for a party or representative. 

The work-product privilege (or “work-product doctrine”) protects from discovery by the opposing party "documents and tangible things that are prepared in anticipation of litigation or for trial." Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(3)(A). The purpose of the work-product doctrine is to protect an attorney's "mental impressions, conclusions, opinions, or legal theories."&n

• professional responsibility
• attorney-client privilege

An attorney’s duty of confidentiality is an ethical duty that a lawyer owes to their clients, both in the continuing process of the lawyer-client relationship, and afterward.

Attorney's Fees/Attorneys' Fees, or Attorney fees are the amounts billed to a client for legal services performed on their behalf. Attorney fees may be hourly, contingent, flat, or hybrid. Nonrefundable fees are prohibited in some states.

An attorney’s lien is the right of a lawyer to hold a client's property until the client pays for legal services provided. The property may include business files, official documents, and money awarded by a court. The right to an attorney's lien may come from the 

Attorney-client privilege protects confidential communications between a lawyer and their client that relate to the client's seeking of legal advice or services. This protection extends to any information exchanged during these privileged communications, encompassing not only verbal discussions but also written correspondence, emails, text messages, and other forms of communication. 

• attorney-client privilege
• confidentiality

In regards to contracts or other documents, authentication means to sign or to execute the document. 

• evidence

An autocracy is a political regime where a single individual (an autocrat) holds the power, qualified as personal and absolute power. The autocrat’s power covers all political, economic, social, and military power. In this political regime the autocrat is not subject to any legal or legislative or even constitutional restraints. 

An automatic stay is a statutory injunction that immediately halts most collection activities by creditors once a debtor files a bankruptcy 

“Aye” is an affirmative response that could be used as an exclamation, a noun, or an adverb.