BUSINESS LAW

posted by Ms Kessinger on Sep 8

BL1.4.1

BELLWORK: Read the last paragraph on page 36. What are methods of discovery. List at least three examples that could be used in a trial.

1. Review Complaints & Answers.
2. Notes over Methods of Discovery
3. Watch Clips from Erin Brockovich & list instances of discovery & interrogatries. Click for Note Sheet & assignment

 HOMEWORK: Write a complaint

posted by Ms Kessinger on Sep 7

 BL1.4

BELLWORK: What is a pleading? pg36. Give an example of a time when you may have had to issue a complaint. What was the answer that you received?How is your situation similar to the process in a civil proceeding?

1. Turn in Court Lab from Friday
2. Go over celebrity cases & turn in
3. 10 min- complete ADR cases in groups of 3. Discuss & turn in
4. Go over Bellwork & turn in
5. Learn about complaints & answers (slides 5-11)

posted by Ms Kessinger on Sep 3

bl1.4.1
LAB: Click to take a Virtual Tour of Indiana’s courts

posted by Ms Kessinger on Sep 2

bl1.4.1
BELLWORK: PG 512,4,5 & CASES PG52 17,18,20, & 21

1. QUIZ OVER CH2-1
2. 
3. Review ADR PG 34-36
4. Complete ADRLab- role play in groups of 3

posted by Ms Kessinger on Sep 1

BELLWORK: Read pg 34. What is ADR?

Review Work:cases fed vs state celebs 

1. Mediation clip from W. crashers
2. Notes over ADR
3. Arbitration clip (J Carson)

HOMEWORK: Read figure 2.2 on pg 35 & pg 34-36. On a sheet of paper, tell me whether you think a reactive method or a proactive method is best for solving a dispute. Which method do you think is the best, & why? Now describe a time in your life when you used a reactive method to solve a dispute (argument) & describe a time when you used proactive method to solfe a dispute. (If you can not think of an instance3 from your own life use a friend as an example)

posted by Ms Kessinger on Aug 31

BL1.3.1
BELLWORK: Read about IN Court of Appeals. Why was the appeals court started, when does an appeals court usually hear a case, & how many judges sit on an IN court of appeals?

1. Finish up 6 cases from Mon
2. Review jurisdictions & cases from Mon.

HOMEWORK: Ch2 Vocab pg 9 of work book

posted by Ms Kessinger on Aug 30

bl1.3.1

Indiana courts web page
BELLWORK: Read about Indiana’s Supreme Court List one fact about the history of the supreme court, the types of trials they hear, and what a justice does.

1. Find 6 cases in the local newspaper
2. Determine: federal or state, jurisdiction, & type of court

posted by Ms Kessinger on Aug 27

CH2 FEDERAL VS STATE COURTS (bl1.3.3)
BELLWORK: 5 min to finish ch2 pre-reading assignment

1. Think of a case that appeared in the news lately. Was that case federal/state, or civil/criminal?
2. Notes over ch2-1, Federal & State Courts, and their jurisdiction.
3. ASSIGNMENT: Given the structure of the Indiana State Court System, try to determine the jurisdictions. Look through the newspapers & try to find a case for each type of jurisdiction.

posted by Ms Kessinger on Aug 26

1. BELLWORK: Study for test. read pg 22
2. Turn in Lab & HW
3. Review for test
4. Chapter 1 Test over Ethics & Sources of Law
5. Pre-Reading Questions for Ch2

posted by Ms Kessinger on Aug 25

bl1.2.1-1.2.4

BELLWORK: Cases pg 23 #19-22

1. Finish Lab
2. TODAY: Review for ch1 Test. Complete pg 23 #’s4,8,9,10,12,13
3. HOMEWORK: STUDY FOR CH1 TEST