LawClass is an online legal education curriculum. It facilitates the teaching and awareness of civic rights and responsibilities among teens and young adults from diverse backgrounds. Used as an online educational resource, LawClass will enhance students' understanding of the legal process and provide them with the education necessary to fully participate in the democratic process.
- LawClass creates a lively classroom by encouraging discussion, helping students practice argument and communication and listening skills,
- It provides short answer law test questions that teachers can quickly assess for student comprehension and long, in-depth law chapter review,
- LawClass provides valuable online classes that are easily integrated into daily classroom activities; and
- It eliminates the need for a legal principles textbook; LawClass is less expensive and green!
- LawClass is your online “legal survival manual.” It focuses on real life applications of the law rather than boring, technical legal principles.
- It's an online class that will teach you about laws that affect you, your family and your friends.
- It will help you understand how laws affect you, and how to make your way through the various legal events that you and those around you may be faced with.
After you complete this online legal course you will be familiar with aspects of the legal system that you will most likely encounter over the course of your life. You will study scenarios that demonstrate various legal principals:
- Graham buys a car and later discovers that he didn’t understand how the purchase contract would be interpreted,
- Claire learns the hard way about what is involved in starting a small business,
- Liz and Melissa get in trouble when they rent an apartment without understanding the terms of the lease;and
- Robyn takes a job at a local restaurant only to be harassed by her boss after she starts.
LawClass will also introduce you to a family going through a divorce, a victim of medical malpractice and a rookie cop navigating her way through an out-of-control party.
You will learn civic and practical life skills such as how to negotiate an apartment lease, what to look for when hiring a divorce lawyer, when you may have a valid claim for employment harassment and what to do if you are in a car accident or become the unintentional target of another person’s negligence. And you will learn about how crimes are defined, the various defenses available to those accused of committing the crimes and your constitutional rights and protections.
