Final Project

Final  Project  Directions     This  Final  Project  is  worth  35%  (350  points)  of  your  final  grade.     Learning  Objectives   Completing  this  project  will  help  you  to:  

•   Identify  the  foundations  of  the  U.S.  legal  system.   •   Outline  the  elements  of  criminal  law.     •   Summarize  the  elements  of  business  torts.     •   Explain  the  components  of  contract  law.    

  Purpose  of  Final  Project     Herzing  University  is  committed  to  your  personal,  academic,  and  professional  success.   We  believe  that  students  learn  by  doing.    The  purpose  of  this  Final  Project  is  to  give  you   real  world  experience  as  a  future  business  professional  and  to  aid  in  building  your   employability  portfolio.    If  you  have  not  started  putting  together  a  portfolio,  you  may  want   to  start  doing  so  now.  The  portfolio  is  the  place  where  you  collect  your  work  and   demonstrate  your  achievements;;  a  place  where  you  can  showcase  your  intellectual   growth  and  career  readiness  through  the  compilation  of  various  pieces  of  work  you  have   accumulated  throughout  your  degree  program.  This  Final  Project  was  designed  to  not   only  foster  your  understanding  of  business  law,  but  also  to  provide  you  with  a  number  of   pieces  of  work  that  you  can  include  in  your  portfolio.       Deadlines     Deliverable  items  for  the  Final  Project  will  be  required  at  various  points  during  our   course.  The  timeline  is  as  follows:  

Assignment  for  Submission     Assessment  Due  Date   Grading  Scale    

Part  1:    Sources  of  Law  and   Jurisdiction  

Week  2,  Sunday  at  11:59   pm,  CT.  

Participation  will  be  worth   10%  (100  points)  of  your   overall  Final  Project  grade.  

Part  2:  Torts  and  Intellectual   Property:  Research  Memo  and   Power  Point  Presentation    

Week  3,  Sunday  at  11:59   pm,  CT.  

Participation  will  be  worth   10%  (100  points)  of  your   overall  Final  Project  grade.  

Part  3:  Final  Project  Submission:   Upload  all  components  of  your   Final  Project  as  one  Word   document  to  the  Assignment   dropbox.  The  PowerPoint   Presentation  will  be  submitted   separately.  

Week  6,  Sunday  at  11:59   pm,  CT.    

Submission  will  be  worth   15%  (150  points)  of  your   overall  Final  Project  grade.  

   

Directions   For  this  Final  Project,  you  are  being  placed  into  a  hypothetical  scenario  in  which  you  are   working  as  an  Administrative  Assistant  for  the  Law  Office  of  Field  &  Field.    You  received   various  assignments  from  the  Managing  Attorney  in  relation  to  community  work  the  firm   is  involved  in.  The  goal  is  to  increase  awareness  of  certain  aspects  of  business  law  in   the  local  community  the  law  firm  serves.       There  are  three  (3)  separate  parts  to  this  Final  Project,  each  with  a  separate  submission   deadline.    Carefully  review  all  directions  and  contact  your  instructor  with  any  questions.     Deliverables   In  each  week  use  the  information  you  are  provided  by  the  Managing  Attorney  and  the   results  of  your  own  research  to  prepare  the  documents  outlined  below.    You  will  be   utilizing  the  Herzing  University  Virtual  Library  in  order  to  conduct  your  research.    The   research  you  will  conduct  for  this  project  will  require  you  to  locate  the  sources  you   intend  to  use  and  critically  analyze  and  examine  those  sources  in  order  to  determine  if   and  why  you  should  use  them.    You  will  use  the  state  in  which  you  reside  as  the  basis   for  responding  to  each  deliverable.  

All  deliverables  should  be  in  the  following  format:  12-­point  Times  New  Roman  or  Arial   font,  double-­spaced,  and  with  one-­inch  margins.    Edit  your  work  for  spelling  and   grammar  and  use  proper  APA  formatting.  Please  refer  to  the  grading  rubric  for  each   deliverable  for  specific  grading  criteria.  

Fact  Pattern  

The  following  fact  pattern  will  be  used  for  all  components  of  this  assessment.     You  are  working  as  an  Administrative  Assistant  at  the  Law  Office  of  Field  &  Field.  The   Managing  Attorney  (Nicole  Field)  has  asked  for  your  assistance  in  a  community  project   the  firm  is  involved  with.  These  are  the  known  facts  that  the  Managing  Attorney  has   communicated  to  you:  

The  law  firm  is  dedicated  to  providing  self-­awareness  services  to  the  community  it   serves.    The  community  is  a  mixed  community  comprising  of  residential  and  commercial   properties.    Ms.  Field  is  thinking  of  hosting  three  seminars  for  individuals  and  business   owners  in  the  community.  The  first  seminar  will  focus  on  helping  the  community  of   individuals  understand  how  the  court  system  works.  The  second  seminar  will  be  geared   mainly  towards  the  business  owner  and  business  minded  individuals  in  the  community.   This  will  focus  on  providing  business  owners  with  the  tools  to  make  their  business  safe   for  the  individuals  they  serve  and  understand  the  concept  of  intellectual  property.  The   third  seminar  will  be  geared  towards  the  residents  of  the  community,  and  will  help  them   understand  the  various  elements  of  criminal  law  and  what  they  should  and  should  not   do  when  entering  into  agreements.  The  Managing  Attorney  would  like  you  to  work  on   developing  the  content  for  each  seminar.  

   

Part  1  Directions  –  Sources  of  Law  and  Jurisdiction   Due  Week  2  by  Sunday  at  11:59  pm,  CT.     The  first  seminar  is  schedule  for  two  weeks  from  today.  Ms.  Field  would  like  you  to   prepare  for  the  seminar  by  reviewing  the  structure  of  the  court  in  your  state,  jurisdiction,   and  the  various  sources  of  law.    She  would  like  you  to  prepare  a  chart  demonstrating   the  court  structure  and  jurisdiction,  and  prepare  a  memo  about  the  sources  of  law  and   ethics.  Ms.  Field  will  be  using  the  following  fact  pattern  to  demonstrate  the  sources  of   law  and  ethics:      

Phyllis  Smith  owns  and  manages  a  restaurant  in  the  community,  Lucky   Horseshoe  Restaurant.  Ann  Reid  lives  next  door  to  the  restaurant.  Ms.   Reid  filed  a  complaint  with  the  police  department  that  the  patrons  of  the   restaurant  and  referred  to  them  as  “drunks”  and  “whores.”    She  picked   fights  with  the  bartender  on  several  occasions  and  even  called  him  Satan.   These  encounters  happened  in  the  presence  of  the  patrons  of  the   restaurant.  Sales  dropped  30%  and  Ms.  Smith  filed  a  law  suit  against   Reid.    

  1.   Compose  a  memo  that  Ms.  Field  will  use  to  present  at  this  seminar.  The  memo   will  respond  to  the  following  questions:     a)   Analyze  and  discuss  the  four  sources  of  primary  law,  and  identify  which   source  of  law  may  be  applicable  to  this  case  being  certain  to  explain  why.  

b)   Discuss  whether  Reid’s  statements  about  the  restaurant’s  owner,   bartender,  and  customers  are  protected  by  the  U.S.  Constitution.    

c)   Evaluate  whether  Reid  behaved  unethically  in  the  circumstances  of  this   case.  Explain  why.      

2.   Conduct  research  on  the  court  structure  in  your  state  and  develop  a  chart   identifying  the  various  levels  of  the  court.  A  sample  chart  can  be  found  in  the   Students  Resource  folder.  The  chart  should  include  the  following  components:       a)   Local  Court  information  and  Jurisdiction;;   b)   County  Court  Information  and  Jurisdiction;;   c)   State  Court  Information  and  Jurisdiction;;   d)   State  Intermediate  Court  Information  and  Jurisdiction;;  and   e)   State’s  Highest  Court  Information  and  Jurisdiction.  

   

Part  1  Deliverable  Directions   After  you  have  conducted  the  necessary  research,  prepare  an  intra-­office  memorandum   to  the  Managing  Attorney.  Your  memo:  

1.   Must  be  formatted  using  the  elements  of  an  inter-­office  memorandum:  the   Heading,  which  will  include  To:  (who  it  will  be  addressing,  From:  (the  

memorandum  will  be  written  by  you),  Date:  (date  in  which  the  memorandum  is   written),  and  the  Re:    (what  the  memorandum  is  in  regards  to).    

2.   Must  be  typewritten  in  Times  New  Roman  or  Arial  12-­point  font,  and  with  1-­inch   margins.  

3.   It  is  suggested  that  your  memo  be  at  least  2-­3  pages  in  length.   4.   Must  include  a  minimum  of  three  scholarly  and  credible  sources  (not  including   the  text  book).  

  After  you  have  conducted  your  research,  prepare  a  chart  that  meets  the  following   requirements.         1.   Must  be  1  page  of  content.   2.   Must  be  legible.  

  Combine  your  Memo  and  Chart  of  the  Court  Structure  into  one  Microsoft  Word   document  with  a  page  break  separating  each  document,  and  upload  as  a  single   attachment  to  the  Week  2  Assignment  dropbox.         Please  refer  to  the  Final  Project  Part  1  grading  rubric.     Part  2  Directions  –  Research  Memo  and  PowerPoint  Presentation     Due  Week  3  by  Sunday  at  11:59  pm,  CT.         Many  of  the  people  in  the  community  that  come  into  the  office  for  consultation  have   questions  about  one  tort  or  another.    There  are  also  persons  in  the  community  who  are   interested  in  starting  their  own  businesses.  Ms.  Field  would  like  to  present  on  these  two   common  areas  as  form  of  educating  the  community.       Conduct  the  research  and  prepare  a  PowerPoint  presentation  with  the  actual  script  Ms.   Field  will  use  to  present  this  information  at  the  seminar.  This  transcript  will  be  presented   in  memo  form.  The  presentation  transcript  must  be  the  word-­for-­word  content  that  will   be  covered  on  each  slide.  Your  presentation  must  address  the  following:     1.   Discuss  the  torts  that  protect  against  intentional  interference  with  persons.   2.   Explain  the  defenses  to  charges  of  assault  and  battery.   3.   Discuss  and  analyze  the  basis  for  the  tort  of  defamation.   4.   Explain  what  trademark  is  and  discuss  why  the  use  of  a  purported  trademark   solely  on  a  Web  site  satisfies  the  “use  in  commerce”  requirement  for  trademark   protection.  

5.   Analyze  and  explain  what  copyright  is  and  what  copyright  protection  is  available   for  software.    

  Part  2  Deliverable  Directions   After  you  have  conducted  the  necessary  research,  prepare  an  intra-­office  memorandum   to  Ms.  Field  in  which  you  address  each  topic  outlined  above.    Your  memo:   1.   Must  be  formatted  using  the  elements  of  an  inter-­office  memorandum:  the  

Heading,  which  will  include  To:  (who  it  will  be  addressing,  From:  (the  

memorandum  will  be  written  by  you),  Date:  (date  in  which  the  memorandum  is   written),  and  the  Re:    (what  the  memorandum  is  in  regards  to).    

2.   Must  be  typewritten  in  Times  New  Roman  or  Arial  12-­point  font,  and  with  1-­inch   margins.  

3.   It  is  suggested  that  your  memo  be  at  least  4-­5  pages  in  length.   4.   Must  include  a  minimum  of  four  scholarly  and  credible  sources  (not  including  the   text  book).  

5.   Must  use  headings  to  identify  each  slide  the  content  relates  to  (e.g.  Slide  1,  Slide   2,  etc).    

You  will  also  prepare  a  PowerPoint  presentation  for  Ms.  Field  to  use  at  seminar.  For  the   PowerPoint  presentation:  

1.   Use  a  total  number  of  slides  must  be  8-­10  slides.     2.   Use  a  single  background  design  and  color.   3.   Each  slide  should  be  designed  to  be  concise,  uncluttered  and  readable   from  a  distance:  include  only  key  words  and  phrases  for  visual   reinforcement.  

4.   Do  not  put  too  much  information  on  any  single  slide:  generally  no  more   than  6  words  a  line,  and  no  more  than  6  lines  a  slide.  

    Upload  your  Part  2  Research  Memo  and  PowerPoint  Presentation  to  Ms.  Field  and   submit  to  the  appropriate  dropbox  in  Week  3.         Please  refer  to  the  grading  rubric  below  for  Part  2.       Part  3  Directions  –  Final  Project  Submission     Due  Week  6  by  Sunday  at  11:59  pm,  CT.        

1. Apply  the  feedback  from  your  instructor,  and  revise  and  edit  parts  1  and  2  of   the  Final  Project.

  2. After  finalizing  each  component,  combine  all  parts  of  your  Final  Project  into  

one  Word  document   3. Ms.  Field  would  like  to  prepare  a  handout  of  possible  questions  and  answers  

of  frequently  asked  questions  for  the  next  seminar.    Add  this  handout   with  a  copy  of  the  questions  and  your  responses  to  parts  1  and  2  of  the   project.  Your  response  to  each  question  should  be: a) A  minimum  of  250  words. b) Each  response  should  be  substantiated  by  at  least  one  references. c) Use  Times  New  Roman  or  Arial  12-­point. d) Include  a  heading  for  each  question.  

The  questions  are  as  follows: i. What  is  a  contract?  What  is  the  objective  theory  of  contracts? ii. Discuss  the  four  elements  that  are  required  for  the  formation  of  

a  contract. iii. Outline  the  elements  necessary  for  an  effective  offer.  Provide   examples  of  non-­offers. iv. Explain  how  shrink-­wrap  and  click-­on  agreements  differ  from   other  contracts.  Discuss  how  traditional  law  have  been  applied  to  these   agreements. v. What  is  consideration?  Discuss  what  is  required  for   consideration  to  be  legally  sufficient.

  4. Revise  and  submit  the  PowerPoint  presentation  as  a  separate  attachment   using  the  same  submission  link.  Do  not  click  the  submit  button  until  you  have   attached  both  documents.

  Part  3  Deliverable  Directions   Your  assignment  must  be  formatted  as  follows:  

1.   APA  formatting   a.   Times  New  Roman  or  Arial  12-­point  font   b.   1-­inch  margins   c.   Page  numbers  in  top  right  corner   d.   Doubled  spaced  

2.   Each  part  must  follow  the  APA  formatting  guidelines  for  headings  and   numbered  appropriately.      

3.   It  is  suggested  that  your  assignment  be  at  least  3  -­  4  pages  in  length.   4.   Must  include  a  minimum  of  five  scholarly  and  credible  sources  (not  including   the  text  book).  

  Upload  your  Part  3  Final  Project  to  the  appropriate  dropbox  in  Week  3.         Please  refer  to  the  Final  Project  Part  3  grading  rubric.