EXPANDED SCOPE
FOR
LAW
CLERK OC 1,2,3,4
SENIOR
PARALEGAL PR 1,2,3,4
1. PREPARING WRITTEN MATERIAL-These questions
test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to
organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will
be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of
the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions,
you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then
choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.
2. UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING WRITTEN
MATERIAL-These
questions test for the ability to understand and interpret written material.
You will be presented with brief reading passages and will be asked questions
about the passages. You should base your answers to the questions only on what
is presented in the passages and not on what you may happen to know about the
topic.
3. EVALUATING CONCLUSIONS IN LIGHT OF KNOWN
FACTS-These
questions will consist of a set of facts and a conclusion. You must decide if
the conclusion is proved by the facts, disproved by the facts or if the facts
are not sufficient to prove or disprove the conclusion. The questions will not
be specific to a particular field.
4. LEGAL TERMINOLOGY, DOCUMENTS AND FORMS-These questions
test for the ability to recognize definitions of specific common legal terms or
the term which fits a certain description. The questions are presented in
various forms such as simple definitions, examples of terminology, and the use
of this terminology within documents and forms related to the legal field.
A Guide for the
Written Test for Legal Services is available at the New York State website: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
Candidates not having access to a computer or the internet may request copy of
the test guide from the municipal civil service office conducting this
examination using the contact information found elsewhere on this announcement.
USE OF CALCULATORS IS ALLOWED