Below is a brief synopsis of our seminar content.
A more detailed brochure will be available approximately 60 days before our first presentation.

  1. Your Legal System (complex but comprehendible)

    a) The mission function of the courts
    b) State vs. Federal jurisdiction
    c) Appellate Review

  2. Your Constitutional Rights (Bill of Restrictions)
    a) “Free” speech (thinking backwards)
    b) Amendments that separate us from the dark ages
    c) The 10th one you didn’t know about

  3. Promises, Promises:The Law of Contracts
    a) Fundamental elements of a contract
    b) Enforcing the contract
    c) Broken Promises: Remedies when the contract is breached

  4. Torts, not Tarts
    a) Intentional Misconduct (why I hit my neighbor)
    b) Negligence (I really didn’t mean to drive over your roses)
    c) Strict Liability (even small businesses have to write the big checks)

  5. Real Estate (other dirty subjects)
    a) Home Ownership Titling
    b) Residential Llord – Tenant
    c) Commercial leases

  6. Consumer Rights
    a) Purchases
    b) Insurance
    c) Bankruptcy

  7. The Laws of the Workplace
    a) Your rights as an employee
    b) Employment law for small businesses

    c) Claims dispute processes

  8. Not so “Civil” Civil Procedure

    a) The civil lawsuit from start to finish
    b) Small Claims court
    c) Alternative Dispute Resolution

  9. The Criminal Justice System…Law Disorder
    a) Ignorance of the law is not bliss
    b) What to do if you’re arrested (don’t remain silent)
    c) Your rights to an attorney

  10. The Attorney-Client Relationship (happily ever after)
    a) How to hire the attorney who’s right for you
    b) Getting the most out of your attorney
    c) Knowing when how to change attorneys

  11. Now for the Really Controversial Stuff(Supreme Court case analysis)
    a) Roe v. Wade…still “good” law?
    b) Bush v. Gore…was it really a “5 to 4” decision?
    c) The worst thing the Supreme Court ever did to a really bad guy