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TYPES OF CASES

                                                  
CIVIL VS.CRIMINAL CASES


  • TEACH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRIMINAL LAW AND CIVIL LAW.
  • BE SURE STUDENTS USE PROPER TERMS.
  • TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE BURDEN OF PROOF REQUIRED FOR EACH TYPE OF CASE.
  • WHEN YOU GET THE CASE, IS IT A CRIMINAL CASE OR A CIVIL CASE?
  • WHAT ELEMENTS FROM THE LAW WILL YOUR TEAM TO NEED TO PROVE OR DISPROVE? 
  • BE SURE TO EMPHASIZE THE BURDEN OF PROOF.
  • REMEMBER, YOUR TEAM WILL PRESENT BOTH SIDES OF THE SAME CASE.                                                                             

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"Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong."
- Theodore Roosevelt






LINKS TO HELP WITH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW


CRIMINAL  CASE LINKS


CIVIL CASES



CIVIL CASE LINK



HELP WITH BURDEN OF PROOF

CIVIL CASE