FINAL Trial REPORT Guidelines
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL: NON JURY TRIAL & WRITTEN REPORT
Following are topics with fact scenarios for a series of Trials. Each student will select a case and a role to represent as their attorney and advocate. There will be plaintiffs, defendants, victims, police, District Attorneys, US Attorneys and other parties with an interest in the trial scenario. Again, you will select a party in one of the cases you wish to represent for the trial report. This process WILL BE your final exam.
You are an advocate, so develop your case from their perspective. As their advocate and representative, you will prepare a written report in support of your “client” from the various areas of the law that we have covered in Business Law II this semester. EACH STUDENT must select a role and turn in an individual report to receive credit for a final exam.
Process and Structure of the trial report for BLS 112 –
STEP 1. CITATION – “Case #_______ , and which Client Name_(Your Name)__
STEP 2. State the FACTS – Describe the situation your client finds themselves in. There are intentional “holes” or gaps in the fact scenarios. This allows you the ‘license’ to make some assumptions…perhaps several assumptions.
STEP 3. List the assumptions you are making…ie… the plaintiff was a minor, or elderly, or of diminished capacity…. Resident of a particular state…
STEP 4. State the ISSUES – What the issues at Law? On the basis of the facts given and your assumptions, develop your case. Defend your positions with the law we have covered.
STEP 5. Make your SUMMATION – petition the court for the action you wish that it takes to seek justice or equity for your client….and Why ? Based on what?
You are encouraged to seek and include outside research. One caveat….please cite your research material in your written report. This trial must be an original document. The only “cut & paste” or AI permissible is a quotation of law, which must be cited.
All work should be submitted on Brightspace, as you have done on previous assignments this semester.
How long should it be? Depends on your case/role selection. Not all roles are created equal… Some will need to be longer than others…keep this in mind when selecting your case and role. Don’t necessarily go for the shortest role because it may be easier…. This report is worth 40% of your semester grade. Do you really want to hang that weight on a scenario where all you could come up with was 2 pages ?
I expect this to be several pages. They are generally around 10….including exhibits, attachments, and cited research. I have seen as much as 40.
You must select a CASE # and CLIENT.
