Entries by Daphne Hanson

To teach at Cosmopolitan University School of Law

Sarah Bellum is a brilliant young legal scholar who is being recruited to teach at Cosmopolitan University School of Law. Sarah signs a contract to begin teaching at CUSL at an annual salary of $300,000. The contract provides that Sarah’s employment will begin on August 1. It goes on to provide: Prior to [August 1], […]

Explain the Effect of Landmark Decisions on Society

Explain the Effect of Landmark Decisions on Society Consider… – The Law as a “reflection of society’s will”… – The concept of ‘precedent’ and how it operates in our legal system/influences subsequent court cases and legislation… – How the political and social environment of the time shapes or influences the decision rendered… – How ‘rights […]

The Important Rules of professional responsibility

Discuss some of the important rules of professional responsibility. you want to be sure to convey accurate, clear, and concise information at the initial orientation for employment because there could be “real world” implications.  Understand though that, oftentimes, the ethical dilemma may arise from the shadows around the seemingly clear rules.  If you see that, […]

The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure

You are being deposed in a case filed in Texas under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The last question ended and the sixth hour of deposition time just passed. The attorney, asking you questions, just asked you if you are ready for more questions and tells you that she has about an hour of […]

Government Agency has a Five-year document retention policy

Government Agency has a five-year document retention policy. In other words, they must keep documents for five years. Once the five years expires, Government Agency destroys the document automatically. On January 2, 2005, without any warning, John Doe filed a lawsuit and served Government Employer. A litigation hold was placed on January 5, 2005. Through […]

The Department of Social Services

Consider the following hypothetical situation: Charlene was accused of welfare fraud. On her monthly statements to the Department of Social Services, she failed to report that she was working part time and earning income while receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. At trial, the social worker in charge of Charlene’s case testified […]

Central Hospital of Milwaukee

Central Hospital of Milwaukee makes good people angry, and it makes decent people weep.  This hospital has committed an unethical act. You may wonder why I say so. This letter explains. My cousin Mandy Mankowski arrived at the hospital ER at midnight on June 4.  She was in what turned out to be an acute […]

A PowerPoint on American criminal jury trials

You are a criminal justice expert and have been asked to prepare and present a PowerPoint on American criminal jury trials to a group of American and international college students. Prepare an engaging and informative PowerPoint presentation to illustrate the criminal trial process from jury selection through the verdict. Along with the basic steps, you […]

Normative and factual premise

As you complete the list, she also asks you to place a label after a statement on the list as follows: After each normative and factual premise, (sound) or (unsound). After each logical inference, the writer of the letter draws of a conclusion from a premise, [valid] or [invald]. In addition, she asks you to […]

Saturday Pool Urgent Care

Saturday Pool Urgent Care is operating at full capacity 7 days a week from 6 am until 11 pm each day.  Most of the patients seen have been for traditional urgent care type issues like minor lacerations, strained muscles, upper respiratory infections, influenza, strep, and the like.  There was a major fishing boat accident last month […]