Keystone High School Profiling Legal Professions Journals Profile six will you call professionals and interview them I need six one page summaries for six legal professionals (make up ) read, and accurate. If you look at the year printed by the copyright c sign, you will see that you
have a current edition of this book. All of the information you will learn is up-to-date.
Course Introduction
Welcome to business law! First of all, I would like to commend you for choosing to tackle a
subject like this. It shows a great deal of maturity and insight on your part to have an interest in the
legal intricacies of business and personal law. This is a serious subject, so I feel compelled to share
with you a personal story of great legal significance.
My 10-year-old daughter had career day at school and had to go dressed for the part. She
wanted to be a lawyer. I think at ten, we all have a mental picture of the stereotypical lawyer
dressed very stiffly in a suit and carrying a briefcase. Well, she remembered that her grandmother
had gotten her a black and white pinstriped suit. (A great yard sale find with Halloween costume
potential!) She rummaged through my drawer of old eyeglasses and found a large, sophisticated-
looking tortoise shell pair and asked if I could pop out the lenses for her. Next, she borrowed her
dad’s old briefcase, which led her to ask, “Why do they call it a briefcase?” A fair question. So I
told her that the papers that a lawyer uses to write important information on are called briefs. I’m
sure you’re closer to 10 years old than I am, so you might be able to guess what she said next.
“Briefs. That’s the same word you can use for underwear!” We both laughed and I thought of a
way that she could have some fun with that. She wrote “Legal Briefs” on a piece of construction
paper and taped it to the outside of the briefcase. Next, we gathered up some clean underwear and
stuffed them in her briefcase, with a few waistbands hanging out!
So, maybe I mislead you with the legal value of this story, but I do want you to approach this
course without the preconceived notion that law is boring or uninteresting. If you think of the law
in terms of impersonal rules that are difficult to understand, you will be pleasantly surprised by
what you learn in this course. Law is a detailed subject, much like a science. It builds upon itself in
a logical, thought-filled way. This course will provide you with a solid foundation in understanding
not only the legal issues of core business law topics, but the “real-life” situations that call on the
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law in these instances. You will also gain a practical familiarity with the most relevant personal law
topics that I guarantee you will revisit as your responsibilities change when you become a young
adult.
Your textbook, Understanding Business and Personal Laws, well-organized by topics that
occur in a life-cycle order. The text begins with an introduction to the law and to the study of legal
issues. This section does a wonderful job in training you to think in logical steps that build upon
one another. Each legal issue that you then learn about can be traced back to the reasonable
foundation of law that is covered by the first lesson of this course. The second lesson takes this law
theory and begins to apply it to real life. This lesson covers the law of contracts, which is the core
of the legal agreement. The first and second lessons prepare you to better understand the remainder
of the course, which is structured around the law as you will encounter it in life. You will learn
about the rights you already have as a consumer and about the legality of employment situations
you may find yourself in in the near future. In keeping with the life-cycle approach, you’ll learn the
legal responsibilities of marriage, divorce, and choosing a place to live. Next, your textbook will
discuss a legal view of the costs of borrowing money and using credit, and of starting or investing
in a business. Lastly, the importance of retirement income planning and wills will be introduced
from the legal perspective. I hope you’re ready to start – we have a whole lifetime of law to learn!
Journal Activity Portfolio
One of your requirements for completion of this Business Law course is to construct a journal
portfolio consisting of your answers to a series of three questions related to each journal activity
case. Each of the twenty-two assignments in this Learning Guide will end with a journal activity
case for you to read and to then apply what you’ve learned in the assignment to best answer the
questions. These cases will require application of law principles, which will allow you to analyze
the situation and render a likely decision.
You will need lined sheets of paper which will be used for your Journal Activities. Use these
sheets for your answers to each journal activity’s questions. It is your responsibility to answer each
question thoroughly and in full sentences. I would recommend that you do these activities at the
time they are assigned to you in this Learning Guide. There are two reasons for this: One, these
activities often deal with a specific point of law that was contained in the assignment’s textbook
reading. Obviously, the advantage here is that the information is fresh in your mind. Two, this
consistent progress will help you to meet this course requirement almost effortlessly! Please keep
your journal activity sheets together and in a safe place as you will submit your entire journal
portfolio for grading at the end of this course.
Course Project
I’ve mentioned a couple of times in this introduction the relevance of knowing and
understanding business and personal law issues. This subject is part of our daily lives and has an
impact on people of all ages. Virtually every aspect of our lives is impacted by the law, so it makes
sense that the law is a part of many careers and jobs. In order for you to gain a better understanding
of how the law plays into a vast number of jobs, your course project has been designed to allow
you to experience this fact, first-hand.
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The project assigned here is a requirement for completion of this course. Your task will be to
profile six legal professions and interview someone who works at each profession. You may want
to get ideas from the list of law-related careers that is provided at the end of this course project
description. There are other possibilities not included on the list. You can talk to relatives, friends,
neighbors, or anyone who can help you to identify potential people to interview. Once you have
identified six candidates, contact them and ask if he or she would mind answering a list of ten
questions that you have prepared related to that person’s job. You should explain that this is part of
your Business Law course, to learn about and explore law-related careers. Next, you will need to
research the profession and write six one-page summaries covering:
How the job is related to the law
• Typical job duties
• Educational requirements for the job
An introduction of your interviewee
Your local public library has a selection of career-related resources to help you. You may want
to use one or more of these reference tools: Dictionary of Occupational Titles, Occupational
Outlook Handbook, and Guide for Occupational Exploration. Each summary should be neatly
written or typed and done in paragraph form. (You will attach each summary to the completed
interview questionnaires and submit them to Keystone at the end of your course for grading.)
After you have done each summary, you will have enough information on the particular career
to write six sets of ten questions that you will ask your interviewees. Make your questions
insightful and interesting. Next, you’ll be ready to conduct your interview. Take good notes of the
answers you receive and then rewrite your notes in sentences (along with your questions), and
attach them to the job summary sheets.
To summarize this project:
You are required to submit six job profiles and six interviews.
First, select six law-related professions and identify people who work in those positions.
Contact each person to schedule an interview.
Second, research each profession you’ve selected and write a one-page summary of each
which includes an introduction on the corresponding interviewee.
• Third, create ten questions to ask your interviewees and conduct the interviews.
Fourth, rewrite your interview questions and the answers you receive, and attach to each of
the corresponding one-page summaries.
Finally, submit all six summaries and interviews to Keystone when you are at the end of
this course.
It is recommended that you work on this project as you are progressing through this course.
Don’t leave it all for the end! Finish three profiles before you begin work on Part 2 in this learning
guide, and complete the remaining three as you work through the rest of the course.
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Law-related career list:
Lawyer
Paralegal
Court officer
Law enforcement officer
Judge
Building inspector
Real estate agent
Bank loan officer
Accountant
Insurance broker
Journalists
Small business owners
Course Objectives
When
you have completed this course, you will be able to:
1. Discuss the foundations of law and their ethical focus
2. Explain contract law in terms of its required elements.
3. Describe consumer laws and how they protect both the buyer and seller.
4. Explain the legal status of various working relationships.
5. Discuss the legal responsibilities of marriage and renting or owning a place to live.
6. Explain the proper use of and responsibilities associated with negotiable instruments
7. Compare and contrast various forms of business ownership.
8. Discuss retirement income planning and the importance of a will.
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