·         Ethics and ethical dilemmas

·         Ethical decision making processes (Utilitarian, Rights, Fairness and Justice, Common Good, Virtue)

·         Relationship between ethics and law

·         Evolution of Law in the United States

·         English Common Law

·         Founding Documents (Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Federalist Papers, Constitution, Bill of Rights)

·         3 Branches of Government

·         Political Principles (rule of law, separation of power, republicanism, federalism)

·         Separation of powers (concurrent, reserved, expressed, implied)

·         Supremacy Clause

·         “Elastic” Clause

·         Free Speech cases (Tinker v. Des Moines, Bethel v. Fraser, J.S. v. Bethlehem Area School District, Morse v. Frederick)

·         Levels of government (local, state, federal)

·         Branches of government (legislative, judicial, executive)

·         Qualifications for federal positions (representative, senator, president, Supreme Court justice)

·         How a bill becomes a law

·         Judicial review (stare decisis, case law)

·         Court structure (state v. federal courts)

·         Political participation

·         Civic engagement

·         Responsibilities of citizenship (mandatory, voluntary)

·         Bill of Rights

·         Protection of human rights

·         Expansion of rights (13th, 14th 15th Amendments)

·         Reconstruction and Jim Crow laws

·         Plessy v Ferguson

·         Brown v Board of Education (Brown II)

·         Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965

·         Fourth Amendment cases (Vernonia School District v. Acton, New Jersey v. T.L.O.)

·         Criminology

·         Causes of crime (biological, psychological, social, economic)

·         Defining crime

·         People involved in crimes (principals, accessories, complicity)

·         Classifications of crimes (felonies, misdemeanors, violations)

·         Liability (actus reus, mens rea, causation, harm, concurrence, strict liability)

·         Inchoate crimes

·         Laws of omission (Good Samaritan laws, bystander effect)

·         Criminal court cases (investigation, arrest, warrant, pre-trial diversion, initial hearing, arraignment, plea bargaining, trial, appeals, corrections)

·         People in a criminal trial (police, defendant, defense attorney, prosecuting attorney/district attorney, witness, judge, jury)

·         Juvenile Court

·         Schenck v United States (clear and present danger test)

·         Sentencing

·         Primary and secondary sources

·         Researching legal issues (finding good sources, source reputation, relevance, peer review/editing, author expertise, references, reliability, bias, validity, authenticity)

·         Additional areas of study (history, geography)

·         Eighth Amendment cases (Kent v. United States, Roper v. Simmons)

·         Torts (Liebeck v. McDonalds Restaurants, Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, wrongful acts, injury, liability)

·         Steps in civil cases (initial pleadings, pre-trial practices, trial, post-trial)

·         Types of torts (intentional, negligent, and strict liability)

·         Negligent torts (duty, breach, causation, damages, calculus of negligence, Hand test, B<PL)

·         Standard of care torts (Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California)

·         Strict liability (product liability)

·         Fifth Amendment (double jeopardy, difference between criminal and civil cases)

·         Consumer law (economy, consumers, assets)

·         Consumer rights and responsibilities

·         Consumer protection and consumer fraud (Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Competition, Bureau of Economics)

·         Contracts (express, implied)

·         Warranties (express, implied, lifetime, extended)

·         Credit cards (user’s rights, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Credit CARD Act, contract)

·         Technology and law (forensic scientists, forensic accountants, Internet law)

·         Fourteenth Amendment cases (University of California v. Bakke, United States v. Virginia, Grutter v. Bollinger)

·         Family law

·         Marital law (bigamy, polygamy, common law marriage, cohabitation, divorce, prenuptial agreement, stalking, domestic abuse)

·         Estate law (will, inheritance, estate, guardianship agreement)

·         Evolution of law to meet changes in society

·         Public policy

·         Stages of policy development (agenda, formulation, adoption, implementation, evaluation, termination)

·         Persuasive political techniques (bandwagon, association, fear, weasel words, either/or, loaded language, card stacking, charisma)

·         Political communication (analyzing for bias, political technique)

·         Role of special groups, individuals, and media in influencing public policy

·         Citizenship (jus soli, jus sanguinis, naturalization)

·         Steps to naturalization

·         Immigration (policy, laws, DREAM Act, court cases, Arizona v. United States)

·         in re Gault

·         Researching and writing a legal opinion