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: Scavenger Hunt: Criminal
and Contract Law
Week 5, Sunday at 11:59
pm, CT.
Participation will be worth
10% (100 points) of your
overall Final Project grade.
Part 4: 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
5% (50 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 four (4) 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)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Local Court information and Jurisdiction;
County Court Information and Jurisdiction;
State Court Information and Jurisdiction;
State Intermediate Court Information and Jurisdiction; and
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.
2.
3.
4.
Discuss the torts that protect against intentional interference with persons.
Explain the defenses to charges of assault and battery.
Discuss and analyze the basis for the tort of defamation.
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
2
3
4
5
memorandum will be written by you), Date: (date in which the memorandum is
written), and the Re: (what the memorandum is in regards to).
Must be typewritten in Times New Roman or Arial 12-point font, and with 1-inch
margins.
It is suggested that your memo be at least 4-5 pages in length.
Must include a minimum of four scholarly and credible sources (not including the
text book).
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 – Scavenger Hunt
Due Week 5 by Sunday at 11:59 pm, CT.
Ms. Field would like to prepare a handout of possible questions and answers of
frequently asked questions for the next seminar. She would like you to engage in a
scavenger hunt. As in all scavenger hunts there are specific types of items that you
must find.
Conduct research and respond to the following questions:
1. Discuss the two elements that must exist before a person can be held liable for a
crime. Explain when a corporation can commit a crime.
2. Explain the five broad categories of crimes. What is white-collar crime?
3. Outline the defenses that can be raised by criminal defendants to avoid liability
for criminal acts.
4. Discuss and analyze the constitutional safeguards that exist to protect persons
accused of crimes.
5. Analyze how the internet expanded opportunities for identity theft.
6. What is a contract? What is the objective theory of contracts?
7. Discuss the four elements that are required for the formation of a contract.
8. Outline the elements necessary for an effective offer. Provide examples of nonoffers.
9. Explain how shrink-wrap and click-on agreements differ from other contracts.
Discuss how traditional law have been applied to these agreements.
10. What is consideration? Discuss what is required for consideration to be legally
sufficient.
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 Scavenger Hunt to the appropriate dropbox in Week 3.
Please refer to the Final Project Part 3 grading rubric.
Part 4 Directions – Final Project Submission
Due Week 6 by Sunday at 11:59 pm, CT.
Apply the feedback from your instructor, and revise and edit all components of your
Final Project.
After finalizing each component, combine all parts of your Final Project into one Word
document (except the presentation which will be submitted separately) with a page
break separating each document, and upload to the Week 6 Final Project dropbox.
