Course focus

Administration of Law & Justice is the 3rd course in the Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement and Leadership program at Seneca Valley High School. This course focuses on the end stages in the criminal justice system. For the first semester, students practice and prepare all of the parts of a criminal trial before they participate in simulated mock criminal trials. For the second semester, students study the sentencing and correctional systems used locally and across the country.

Students are only eligible to take this course if they have:

• previously enrolled in and passed Foundations of Law Enforcement, and 

• previously enrolled in and passed Law Enforcement & Emergency Preparedness. 

curriculum

• Pre-Trial

  • • • Right to Counsel, Bail/Detention

      • Plea Bargaining

• Trial

  • • • Preliminary Hearings

      • Juries

      • Trial Stages: Opening Statements, Direct/Cross Examination, Closing Arguments

      • Rules of Evidence and Trial Procedures

      • Mock Trials

• Post-Trial

  • • • Sentencing

      • Appeals

• Corrections/Incarceration

  • • • Life in Prison

      • Correctional Treatment

      • Parole/Probation

experiential education

• Field trip to the Montgomery County Courthouse

• Mock Trial & Moot Court legal simulations

• Guest speakers

  • • • State Attorneys (prosecutors)

      • Public Defenders

      • Private Criminal Attorneys

If you have any questions about the Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement and Leadership (CJLE) program at Seneca Valley, please email Mr. Weisberg at matthew.weisberg@mcpsmd.net.