| Welcome to Law Studies for 2007-2008!!
4/21-current isssues; finished Vinny
4/17-My Cousin Vinny
4/16--homeland security video clip and discussion
4/15-discussion of proposed law, LA court case in front of supreme court,
and teen beating video case
4/10--completed King video; discussed current legal topics
4/9-contiiued King video
4/8--began documentary on the King assassination
4/7-concluded the Farm
3/31-4/3discussion of current legal issues; began The Farm
3/4-quiz on texas mock trial
2/20-current news clips and discussion; gave out trial packet for trial
viewing
2/19-quiz
Jan/Feb--class discussion and mock trial prep daily until Feb 15; quiz on
Feb 15
1/9-began discussion of free speech isssues (ch 37)
1/8-discussion of current events
12/11--quiz
12/10-search and seizure discussion
12/7-current issues; search and seizure issues
12/6-current issues; search and seizure issues; quiz Tuesday
12/5-vocab quiz; current issues
12/4--current issues; vocab quiz Wednesday
12/3-discussion of search and seizure issues and current cases; vocab quiz
on Tuesday
11/28--continued discussion fo search and seizure issues
11/27-discussion of search and seizure issues
11/26-discussion of Saudi rape victim case
11/8-discussion of school pda case and related issues
11/7-text assignment on Ch. 5
11/6-discussion of Ch. 5 topics and Blake's big day at court
10/23-discussion of legal ramifications of school theft
10/22-continued Class Action
10/15-cases from Friday turned in; discussion of various topics
10/11--article on typo in Arkansas marriage law; discussion of school
shooting in Cleveland
10/8-10--discussion of current legal issues and material on the basic
constitutional principles
10/5-Zoloft case video
10/4-current issues; key terms assignment from book
10/2 and 10/3--dicussion of current legal issues
10/1-discussion of new supreme court term
9/28-vocab quiz
9/26 and 9/27--current issues discussion; completed The Rainmaker
9/25--vocab given out--quiz Friday; discussion of Supreme Court case on
lethal injection and other related topics!
9/24--continued The Rainmaker
9/21-quiz
9/20--test; Jena 6 coverage
9/13--watched and discussed portions of Mary Winkler interview on Oprah
9/12--discussion of cases and problem 1. 6; test Wednesday
9/10--completed viewing Civil Action; discussed nursing home case and
arrested mcdonalds worker over salty burger; vocab quiz 2
8/28--discusssion of values
8/27-current legal issues and discussion of values on which law is based
8/21-24--dicussed current legal issues and material from chapter 1; vocab
quiz given on Friday
8/20-completed and discussed problem 1.1; vocab list given out--vocab quiz
on Friday
8/15--current events dicussion (Imus); continued discussion of basic concepts
8/14--current events article--St. Rita nursing home case; began discussion
of basic concepts and definitions
8/13--current events articles discussed
8/10--course syllabus given out and procedures discussed
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