Describes the legal issue

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Reference no: EM133192353 , Length: 5 ppt

Exercise:

This exercise requires you, or a group of you, to create a Powerpoint (or Google Slides, Prezi or some other 'slide' alternative) that summarizes a case (that is not in the book) that illustrates a principle in the book. The goal of this exercise is for you to (1) learn how to 'brief' a case (summarize it) and (2) to help the class grow their knowledge by learning about a case that is not in the book and (3) it helps you exercise critical thinking skills by analyzing a legal case.

If you have access to screen-cast-o-matic (a free program that works on CPU's, tablets, Apple or Android phones), you should record your voice over the screen and narrate your 4-7 minute presentation and post on the Legal News Discussion Board.

If you are too overwhelmed by doing this, you can simply type your notes (what you would have said) into the 'notes' portion of the slides and post the Powerpoint on the Legal News Discussion Board.

As I said, you can do this alone or you can share the load by connecting with another student - if you connect with another student, you won't be able to 'record' so you will have to share the work and do the 'notes' option above. The benefit of connecting with another student is sharing the workload and having some human contact.

Go to the 'Pick a Partner and/Or a Chapter to Do for Legal News' Discussion Board in this module and indicate which chapter you want to focus on. THE WEEK THAT THE CHAPTER IS COVERED IS THE WEEK YOUR LEGAL NEWS IS DUE (by Sunday of that week at 11:59). Therefore, each week going forward, we will have some new Legal News assignments posted in the Legal News Discussion Board. I will review ALL of the Legal News (because they will be posted HERE and in the Legal News Discussion Board) and will grade you on the following:

1. You have at least 5-7 slides

2. You have chosen a case that is not in the book and that illustrates at least one principle from our book

3. You have a slide that describes the (1) FACTS of the case, (2) a slide that describes the LEGAL ISSUE (or issues) presented by the case, (3) a slide that describes one party's arguments, (4) a slide that describes the other party's arguments/perspective, (5) the court's DECISION or outcome, (6) the court's REASONING in making that decision, and (7) impact of the case on business or society. You should also cite your sources on the last slide (I don't care about 'forma"ng' for your sources).

4. You have some visuals (images) in your slides to keep it entertaining.
I have posted a sample Legal News that helps you understand what I am looking for. As far as your 'narration' or 'notes' - just talk us through what you learned about the case and emphasize how the case illustrates the textbook principle. Ex: This helped me learn about X principle described in the book in this chapter.

PLEASE reach out to me if you need help finding a case to focus on - I can give you suggestions on how to search for cases. If you want to get my pre-approval and feel confident you are doing it right, you can e-mail me and I'll give you feedback before you record/submit it.

To earn full points, your group (or you if you are doing it solo) will need to meet the following criteria:
-talk 5 minutes minimum (be prepared to talk up to 10 assuming there are questions)
-each person in the group must say something
-have 5-7 PowerPoint slides minimum, preferably including some images not just text
-tie the case to one of the chapters assigned during your week
-describe the facts
-describe any decision that has been made, if the court has ruled
-describe the ‘holding' (what is important about the case)
-ideally, be entertaining in some way
-reveal that you read not just one source of information re: the case (that you ‘read around' on the topic)
-if it is possible to get a copy of the complaint, do so as it can be fun to look at (I can help with this if you ask me)
-you can ask me for help brainstorming how to find a case or news article; you can look at WA or US Supreme Court cases
-up to 2 people per group
-each member of the group can earn up to 50 points for their participation in this assignment

Reference no: EM133192353

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