Final Project (15 PowerPoint slides, not including title slide, references, and 10-minute oral argument video embedded in the last slide)
For your Final Project, you will argue a position for or against a state or federal policy using statutes (legislative), regulations (executive), and court cases (judicial) to bolster your argument. (This issue should be present in at least two of the three types of primary legal sources.)
Then, you will utilize the legal research sources you learned about in the course to research the issue you selected. Your project should include a description of the sources you found to be useful in researching the issue; an explanation of how they helped you understand the issue; a summary of the current state of the issue; an explanation of your predictions about potential policy shifts and trends; and finally, your position on the policy utilizing the law.
Your Final Project must be presented as 15 PowerPoint slides (not including references, title slide, and the oral argument), appropriate formatting following APA 7 guidelines, including use of Bluebook citation when citing to law (e.g., statutes, case law, regulations, etc.), in the form of a narrated video PowerPoint presentation submitted by Day 7 of Week 10.
The following guidelines specify the requirements for your narrated video PowerPoint presentation, for which you will put together 15 PowerPoint slides where you will take a position on a policy issue using federal or state statutory law, state or federal regulatory law, and state or federal case law. (In doing so, you must provide the correct Bluebook citation for that law cited.)
Professional Presentation Style
Presented as 15 PowerPoint slides (not including references, title slide, and the oral argument).
Double-spaced, appropriate formatting following APA 7 guidelines, including use of Bluebook citation when citing to law (e.g., statutes, case law, regulations, etc.).
Policy Description
Describe the policy issue you selected.
Explain whether it is a federal or state issue.
Take a position on whether you agree with the policy or not and why.
Discuss whether you think this policy would be subject to any budgetary constraints, the range of resources, and any research strategies you would employ to avoid potential pitfalls with the policy.
Cite the relevant federal or state statute, regulation, and case law that supports your position.
Video Oral Argument (FOR THIS PART YOU CAN RECORD AND SEND SO I CAN RERECORD MY OWN)
Embed in the last slide of your presentation a 10-minute video oral argument. Note: If you do not know how to insert a narrated video into your PowerPoint, please refer to the Week 10 required media video resource, How to Embed a Video in PowerPointLinks to an external site..
Include an evidence-based thoughtful statement of any future policy shifts and trends you think might occur and why.
When presenting your oral argument, use the PowerPoint presentation as a guide with the expectation to embellish your key points. Do not read your script; instead, speak to your talking points narratively.
Script your oral argument and practice it before recording. Make sure that when you record, you speak clearly and slowly and that you have appropriate lighting, camera clarity/angle, background, and are in professional attire.
Legal Sources
Identify at least three secondary sources you used to research the issue and explain why each was useful.
Explain how you used secondary resources to identify primary resources related to the issue.
Name the primary resources you identified.
Visual Elements
Include clear, relevant, professional-looking visual elements, including at least:
One graphic
Three images
One chart
Final Project Evaluation
The Final Project will be evaluated according to all five indicators in the Final Project Rubric in the Course Information area of the course.
Review the Final Project Rubric to understand the Final Project requirements and how you will be assessed: Professional Presentation Style, Policy Description, Video Oral Argument, Legal Sources, and Visual Elements.
Be sure that the Final Project is written using APA format and appropriate Bluebook citation format and style, where appropriate.
Read and follow the Walden University Policies and Information in the Syllabus under “Policies on Academic Honesty.”
Be sure to support your Final Project using appropriate legal research sources and the proper Bluebook citation format (e.g., using the Learning Resources, Bluebook citation resource, and/or Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition, Chapter 11). Use the “Types of Legal Research Sources” document in the Learning Resources. Use proper APA format and citations, including those in the Learning Resources.
