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High School Law Studies

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Suggested Prerequisites

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Description

How do law and the U.S. legal system affect your daily life? In this course, you will examine aspects of the foundations of the U.S. legal system as well as different types of law including civil, criminal, family, and consumer law. You will analyze key principles underlying law such as justice and how the state and federal court systems work to fulfill these principles. This course provides elective credit.

Module One: Basics of U.S. Law

-law and legal systems

-law creation

-the court system

-constitutional law

-individual rights and responsibilities


Module Two: Civil and Criminal Law

-differences between and types of civil and criminal law

-criminal law procedures

-outcomes of a criminal conviction

-Tort law

-law reform and advocacy


Module Three: Consumer and Family Law

-consumer protections

-contracts

-consumer responsibilities and issues

-marriage and separation

-family law related to parents and children

-financial security of families

-domestic abuse

-estate law


Module Four: Special Topics in Law

-immigration law

-citizenship

-internet law

-intellectual property law

-juvenile law

-public health law

-labor law, including youth workers

This is a one-segment course.

NCAA-Approved Courses

Our NCAA approved courses are updated often. Please visit the NCAA Eligibility Center and use our school code to see all current eligible courses. The FlexPoint Virtual School NCAA High School code is: 850171