Activity 2A: A Logical Theory
Helpful Organizational Resources and Open-Source Technology for Students and Teachers
Summerford, Sue. “Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher: An Internet Hotlist on Web 2.0.”
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html
Homework/Study Tips: Free Tools to Organize Your Study Group
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/studymethods/tp/grouptools.htm
Homework/Study Tips: Teamwork
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/teamwork/Teamwork.htm
Study Guides and Strategies: Group Projects
http://www.studygs.net/groupprojects.htm
Go2Web20: Student – Online Tools and Applications
http://www.go2web20.net/#tag:student
NoteStar: A Project Based Learning Research Tool
http://notestar.4teachers.org/
GroupTable allows you to manage all of your group projects, study groups and student organizations easily from one central location.
http://www.grouptable.com/
15 Best Essential Tools for Students
http://tipsandtricksforpc.com/2010/04/15-best-applications-available-fo…
Articles on Logic and Legal Reasoning
www.alwd.org/JALWD/Archives/2006/pdf%20files/Ross.pdf
www.unc.edu/~ramckinn/Documents/NealRameeGuide.pdf
www4.samford.edu/schools/netlaw/dh2/logic/deductive.htm
Activity 2C: A Strong Start
Sample Video Opening Statements
“On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald” (Part 1) (V. Bugliosi's Opening Statement). MPI Home Video. Originally aired on Showtime, November 21 and 22, 1988.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO-UrGDUUzA&feature=player_embedded
Alternative site:
http://criminaldefense.homestead.com/Opening.html
About the mock trial:
www.amazon.com/ON-TRIAL-LEE-HARVEY-OSWALD/dp/B001CDLASU
www.on-trial-lho.blogspot.com/
“On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald” (Part 2) (G. Spence’s Opening Statement). MPI Home Video. Originally aired on Showtime, November 21 and 22, 1988.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCPmQqkD2EI&feature=related
Alternative site:
http://criminaldefense.homestead.com/Opening.html
Information on National and State-Level Mock Trials
National—High School
The 2012 National Championship was in Albuquerque, New Mexico on May 3–6, 2012.
The 28th Annual National High School Mock Trial Championship is at the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education.
www.azflse.org/mocktrial/2011/
National—Law Students
The ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s Seventh Annual Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition with tournaments in various cities around the country.
www.abanet.org/labor/trialad/home.shtml
State-Level
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Mock Trials in Los Angeles County and California for middle schools and high schools
www.crf-usa.org/mock-trial-program/
Contra Costa County, High School: The Contra Costa County Office of Education Mock Trial Invitational
www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/supe/events/mocktrial.htm
Massachusetts: Information on state Mock Trial Competition, with lots of resources
Information on UC Berkeley’s Mock Trial Program
http://calmocktrial.org/default.htm
The San Diego County branch of the California Mock Trial Program, a statewide academic competition
www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=MockTrial
Street Law San Diego Program, based at California Western School of Law, hosts a mock trial competition.
www.cwsl.edu/main/default.asp?nav=news.asp&body=news/street_law_mock_trial_120310.asp
Mock Trial for Ventura County students in grades 9–12. The winning county team is then invited to the State Mock Trial to compete with their peers from across California, where many of our past teams have then gone on to compete in the National Mock Trial.
www.vcoe.org/sc/MockTrial.aspx
University of Southern California Mock Trial Team’s Web site
Web site for the University of California San Diego Mock Trial Team
Georgia
www.gabar.org/young_lawyers_division/high_school_mock_trial_program/
Pennsylvania
www.pabar.org/public/yld/meetings/yldstatewidemock.asp
Texas
Tennessee
www.tba.org/mocktrial/index.html
Minnesota
www.mnbar.org/mocktrial/index.htm
Oregon
www.classroomlaw.org/homepage/mock-trial-competition/
Maryland
www.clrep.org/HSMockTrial.html
Connecticut
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Massachusetts
New Jersey
www.njsbf.org/educators-and-students/programs/hs-vincent-mocktrial.html
New York
California High School Students Participating in the Mock Trial Program from the Constitutional Rights Foundation
Video clip: “Mock Trial Competition.” 2:48. Constitutional Rights Foundation.
www.crf-usa.org/civics-law--government-programs/mock-trial-program.html
Activity 2E: A Day at the Firm 1
Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force Video on the Crime of Fraud
“Frauds and How to Spot Trouble.” Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://saltlakecity.fbi.gov/multimedia/fraud052410/fraud052410.htm
Information on the Bernard Madoff Corporate Fraud Case
www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/25bernie.html
www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2009/db20090312_431966…
http://online.wsj.com/public/page/bernard-madoff.html
Foundations in Law, Unit 3
For review of criminal defenses
http://lawandjustice.edc.org/unit/unit-3-criminal-law-and-pursuit-justice
Activity 2F: A Day at the Firm 2
Trailer for “Picking Cotton” (2:55)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLGXrviy5Iw
wn.com/picking_cotton_a_memoir_of_injustice_and_redemption_book_trailer
http://bookscreening.com/2009/02/22/picking-cotton-by-jennifer-thompson…
Eyewitness Identification and Race
“Eyewitness Testimony and Lineup Identification.” Investigative Interviewing Research
Laboratory.University of Texas at El Paso.
http://iilab.utep.edu/eid.htm
Eyewitness Identification Activity
“Can you pick the suspect?” Eyewitness Identification Research Laboratory, University of Texas at El Paso
http://eyewitness.utep.edu/consult02a.html
Resources on Effective Testimony by Law Enforcement Officers
Effective Courtroom Performance By Indiana Law Enforcement. Victim/Witness Services, The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney.
www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/victim/ptips.htm
Miller, Lawrence. “On the Spot: Testifying in Court for Law Enforcement Officers.” The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, October 2006.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2194/is_10_75/ai_n18791226/
Video: Effective Courtroom Testimony for Police Officers. New Jersey Continuing Legal Education Services, LLC. 9:13.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJyrKmS8i08
Short version (1:45)
http://test.riverviewstudios.com/2009/NJCLE/FLV/ect.html