Course Number: 507
Offered: Alternating years. Next offered: 2025-2026
Open to grades 10, 11, and 12
Prerequisite: None
Recommended: Proficient in Business/Personal Law - Criminal & Civil Law
One Quarter - .5 Credit
Credit Group: Elective
Learn about legal topics that affect your personal lives from getting a job, renting an apartment, to signing a contract, and writing a will through discussion, research, and application. Explain the elements of a legal contract, apply the law of sales in your daily life, explore consumer protection laws, and gain understanding of employment at-will. Learn your legal rights and responsibilities when planning for future events, marriage/divorce, finding a place to live, retirement, and writing your will. Complete the course prepared for more specialized areas in legal careers and with the knowledge to understand legal topics that are a part of your life.