Law School for Teens - Weekly Class - Ongoing Class

Do you want to learn more about the 1st Amendment? Do you want to be more educated on the subject of contracts? Are you interested in working with Business Law? Or maybe your future lies in putting the guilty in jail or defending the innocent, and you want to learn more about criminal law.

Well, you'll find all that and more here! This is a class designed for students to drop in at any point, as each week is a stand-alone lesson on law. If you start in November (or any month), you should be able to go until the next year's November without repeating a lesson as I have a year-long curriculum in this class.

Each week, we will talk about a different topic in law. This class will be discussion-based, and we will have fact patterns (handouts w/ story problems) to help us understand the law better. I will have these available at the beginning of each class.

I am developing a Law School for Teens that will be taught on Outschool that will cover the core subjects found in almost every law school: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Contracts, Evidence, Constitutional Law, Real Property, and Torts. 

If you are interested in law, going to law school, and what topics will be covered, this will be a good start.

At some point, all of these topics (and more) will be touched on in this class.

If you are interested in law or interested in me as a teacher, this is a great opportunity to find out if you enjoy the topic and my teaching style.

If you started the class in the Fall, the topics will start to repeat in Fall 2025. 

If you are still interested in other law classes, I have several other options available (click here: https://outschool.com/teachers/Michael-Traywick-2019).

January 2025 to July 2025 Topics (subject to change as interesting topics pop up in current events): 

Week of December 22 - January 4 - No Class

Week of January 5 - January 12 - 1st Amendment - Freedom of the Press
Week of January 12 - January 19 - Land Occupier Duty - Known and Frequent Trespassers
Week of January 19 - January 26 - Criminal Law - Insanity Defense
Week of January 26 - February 1 - Property Law - Adverse Possession, Part 1
Week of February 2 - February 8 - Property Law - Adverse Possession, Part 2
Week of February 9 - February 15 - Intellectual Property - What is Intellectual Property
Week of February 16 - February 22 - Criminal Procedure - Vehicle Searches 
Week of February 23 - March 1 - International Law - Unusual Laws
Week of March 2 - March 8 - Criminal Law - Accomplices
Week of March 9 - March 15 -  Business Law - Piercing the Corporate Veil
Week of March 16 - March 22 - Search Connected to a Lawful Arrest and Terry Stop and Frisk
Week of March 23 - March 29 - Criminal Law - Concurrence and Causation of Harm
Week of March 30 - April 5 - Evidence  - Rule 406 - Habit Evidence
Week of April 6 - April 12 - Criminal Procedure - Voluntary Confessions
Week of April 13 - April 19 - 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech - The Right to Silence
Week of April 20 - April 26 - Criminal Law Homicide - Conspiracy
Week of April 27 - May 3 - Civil Procedure - Personal Jurisdiction
Week of May 4 - May 10 - Law on the Ocean - How do We Enforce It?
Week of May 11 - May 17 - 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech - Prior Restraint
Week of May 18 - May 24 - Criminal Law - Homicide - Voluntary Manslaughter
Week of May 25 - May 31 - Criminal Law - Solicitation 
Week of June 1 - June 7 - Criminal Law - Involuntary Manslaughter, Assault and Battery, and Kidnapping
Week of June 8 - June 14 - Criminal Law - Duress and Necessity Defenses
Week of June 15 - June 21 - 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech
Week of June 22 - June 28 - Criminal Law - Larceny (Stealing)
Week of June 29 - July  5 - Declaration of Independence - An Analysis
Week of July 6 - July 12 - 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech - Right to Silence
Week of July 13 - July 19 - 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech
Week of July 20 - July 26 - Self-Driving Vehicles - What’s the Law?
Week of July 27 - August 2 - 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech - Fighting Words
Criminal Law - Prosecutors and Plea Bargains

Fall 2025 - December 2025 Schedule:

Week of August 10 - August 16 - Property Law - is Lost? Abandoned? Misplaced? Who owns the stuff?
Week of August 17 - August 23 - Subject Matter Jurisdiction - Does the court have authority over the defendant?
Week of August 24 - August 30 - The Commerce Clause - Congress Can Do What?
Week of August 31 - September  6 - What is an Unreasonable Search?
Week of September 7 - September  13 - Defamation - You Can’t Say That About Me!
Week of September 14 - September  20 - Contracts - What is a Contract?
Week of September 21 - September  27 - Start a Business - What Entity should you choose?
Week of September 28 - October 4 - Can the government buy your house without your consent? What is Eminent Domain?
Week of October 5 - October 11 - Evidence Law - Prior Bad Acts
Week of October 12 - October 18 - Criminal Law - The Voluntary Act - Actus Reus
Week of October 19 - October 25 - Property Law - Zoning Rules
Week of October 26 - November 1 - Unclear Law
Week of November 2 - November 8 - Torts - Land Occupier Duty - Trespasser 
Week of November 9 - November 15 - Criminal Law - Burglary 
Week of November 16 - November 22 - Excluding Relevant Evidence
Week of November 23 - November 29 - Criminal Procedure - Miranda Warnings
Week of November 30 - December 6 - Criminal Law - Crimes of Omission
Week of December 7 - December 13 - Immigrating Law - Gaining and Regaining Citizenship 
Week of December 14 - December 20 - Criminal Procedure - Plain View


I may add dates and topics if there is a demand. Let me know if you want more!

I look forward to seeing you all in class!