TAKE HOME EXAM

1.  Hearings are held in District Courts.

2. A claim is a request for assistance.

3.  All arbitration is mandatory.

4.  The mediator is a neutral third party.

5.  Settlements are agreements that resolve disputes. 

6.  Findings of Fact is a criterion in hearing decisions.

7.  Hearings are held at administrative offices.

8.  Hearings are held at Superior Courts

9.  The burden of proof standard is guilt or not guilty.

10.  Administrative agencies do not have notice.

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TAKE HOME EXAM ANSWERS

FALSE    1.  Hearings are held in District Courts.

TRUE      2. A claim is a request for assistance.

FALSE    3.  All arbitration is mandatory.

TRUE      4.  The mediator is a neutral third party.

TRUE      5.  Settlements are agreements that resolve disputes.

TRUE      6.  Findings of Fact is a criterion in hearing decisions.

TRUE      7.  Hearings are held at administrative offices.

FALSE    8.  Hearings are held at Superior Courts

FALSE    9.  The burden of proof standard is guilt or not guilty.

FALSE   10.  Administrative agencies do not have notice.

Three Venues of Research

1.  In Book: Explain the standards used in settlements.
Agency rules and regulations.  Meetings with officials. Compromises, appeals
2.  At Library: (a) Choose an agency.  Research and write a memo on its rules for hearings.  Cite the Code of Federal Regulations.  Varies    

OR

(b) Look up the history of disability cases before the Social Security statute was enacted.  How did the disabled support themselves?  Start around World War I and research up until Roosevelt

[[3.  On Internet: Research Consumer Safety Protection.  Choose an age group (babies, teenagers, seniors) and write a memo summarizing your information.
www.cspc.com

Internship

            Your lawyer tells you she’s thinking of applying for an Administrative Law Judge position in either a labor, welfare, or transportation agency.  She wants you to look up the rules of federal agencies in those fields as the rules apply to Administrative Law Judges.   She wants you to include compensation, tenure, and the requirements necessary, such as education and experience.  She’d like that information in a memo.

            Also, search for any information through periodicals, books or the Internet about Administrative Law Judges.  Just give her the cites.  She’ll look up the entire piece if she’s interested.

HUD’s Administrative Law Judges have a page on the HUD website –

     www.hud.gov     //  Look up the Federal Office of Personnel Management