Law School for Teens - Basics of Law

If you are hit by a car and have to stay in the hospital for a long period of time, who pays your medical bills? How do you make up for lost time at work? 

Or what happens if a doctor is negligent (makes a mistake) during a surgery? How does the patient get compensated?

This is an area of law called Torts - and it is an old and ancient area of law, found as far back as 2100 B.C. This is a foundational class in most law schools around the nation, and this class is meant to be an introduction to the topic at a high school level.

We will learn about how liability (responsibility) for wrong actions are transferred to the wrongdoers through the authority of the courts. Torts is a topic seen on most Bar Exams (the test to earn your license as a lawyer).

I am a practicing attorney and a high school teacher, and I am taking the law school class of Torts and translating it to a high school level to expose students to the thinking you might use in a law school and a courtroom. This isn't a replacement for law school, but it is a great exposure to the types of topics you might experience there.

I will provide an outline that we will use for each video. You may print out the outline or have it up on your screen as you go through it in class.

Students will have no need of prior knowledge of law before taking this class, and students will be able to jump in at any time during this Ongoing class and still feel comfortable understanding the material.