1st Month

Review of the Bill of Rights:  a quick re-coverage of the long unit students covered as Sophomores on the Bill of Rights, especially the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments.

2nd Month

Criminal law:  causes of crime, victims, state vs. federal crimes, then to types of crime:  crimes against persons vs. property, violent vs. nonviolent, and the process of justice, punishments

3rd Month

Family law: marriage and its legal responsibilities (especially including financial), responsibilities of having children, including legal ramifications of abuse & neglect, foster care, adoption, custody, Child support, divorce, annulment, alimony, social programs related to family law

4th Month

Consumer Law and housing law:  Under two broad topics (renting and buying), these are some specific topics:  advantages of renting vs. buying, landlords vs. tenants, terms of a lease, problems & recourse between a landlord & tenant, the process of buying a house, social problems and solutions related to housing

5th Month

Torts:  the non-criminal part of law, including lawsuits, disputes, contracts, intentional torts vs. negligence, strict liability, and the public policy surrounding torts