Legal Entanglement Project: Part 1 – Moral and Legal Issues Assignment

The candidate will complete a template for the Moral and Legal Issues Analysis. The purpose of the analysis is for candidates to select a meaningful and relevant topic by analyzing current policy in a particular school. The topic is to be a legal, moral, or ethical issue that—left unaddressed—could escalate into a legal entanglement (i.e., litigation).

2. Part 2 – Collaboration (Analysis)

The candidate will present the policy for amendment (determined from the —Part 1: Analysis – Moral and Legal Issues) and present this information to select families, caregivers, colleagues, supervisors/administrators, and students. Candidates will gain the stakeholders’ perspectives and collaborate with them about the proposed topic for the Legal Entanglement Project. Should edits be needed to the topic, the candidate and stakeholders will discuss how to edit during this part of the project. Furthermore, candidates will include relevant data surrounding the topic to show the need for policy amendment. Candidates should use school specific data related to the topic, but if the data is unavailable, he/she can broaden the data to include state or national data on the topic. The candidate will be sure to correct the feedback from the last assignment as he/she continues working towards the final project (Part 7).

3. Part 3 – Case Law Reviews (Knowledge Base)

Candidates will review four court cases on the selected topic, chosen from Parts 1 and 2, applying the court’s decision to how the issue was handled consistently, fairly, and ethically within the school. Regarding these court decisions, candidates must also provide a statement as evidence of his/her ability to serve as a spokesperson/advocate on these issues for students and families within the school. Length requirement is a 2-page minimum.

4. Part 4 – Literature Review (Knowledge Base)

Candidates will review four references from a variety of sources on the selected topic. These may be position statements, opinion pieces, research articles, books, etc. As candidates review the literature on the selected topic, he/she will identify emerging trends or issues that are likely to affect the school. Regarding these emerging trends, candidates are also to provide a statement as evidence of his/her ability to adapt leadership strategies to address them. Length requirement is a 4-page minimum.

5. Part 5 – Paper

Based on the school analysis and the Knowledge Base (Case Law and Literature Reviews), candidates are to develop a comprehensive paper to address the potential legal entanglement. The focus of the paper is to provide school staff, students, and visitors with a safe and secure environment. All aspects of the paper should be aligned with case law decisions. The Paper must be 5–10 pages.

6. Part 6 – PowerPoint

Candidates will prepare a PowerPoint presentation that would be given to a parent-teacher organization, the faculty, and/or a school board to convey the results of the school analysis, knowledge base, and Legal Entanglement Project. Candidates will convey significant policies, laws, regulations, and procedures relevant to the selected topic. The PowerPoint must contain at least 15 slides.

7. Part 7 – Final Submission

The candidate will combine all of the previously submitted assignments into the final submission of the Legal Entanglement Project. The candidate should use feedback from each of the previously submitted assignments prior to submitting the final project: Legal Entanglement Project. The candidate will submit all (6) previous submissions with changes/corrections highlighted to LiveText.

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