TEACH THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A CRIMINAL CASE VS. A CIVIL CASE
- 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.
 - "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
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LINKS TO HELP WITH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW
CRIMINAL CASE LINKS
CIVIL CASES
CIVIL CASE LINK
HELP WITH BURDEN OF PROOF
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