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Criminal and Civil Law

Open to students in grades 10-12.

This is a semester course.

Students will start with the sources of law, where and why laws started, the types of laws, ethics and morals and where they are created and how they work with or conflict with laws. We learn the structure of the criminal and tort law from what they are to how they are alike and different in the process of filing and courtroom procedures.

Students will discuss how laws effect youth, in work, outside of school and in school. Speakers will present information from their field of expertise in law that students may encounter.

We started our exploration of careers in law and carrying out the law with Patrolman, M. A. Bengela. He spoke to our class on his career, and his job. The students enjoyed his talk and the way he connected the laws they needed to be aware of to them.

On February 3rd the Juvenile Justice Center came to our classroom this year with Ms. Haskins, Mr. Brown and Office Schmidtbauer speaking on the Center and explaining their jobs.

We also had Judge Reddin and City Prosecutor, Reger speak to our class. Each speaker enabled the students to hear first hand what their jobs entailed and the education needed to hold these jobs.

We were all thrilled when Mrs. Woessner, court reporter for Wood County Common Pleas, brought her machine and explained her job. She showed the students how the machine works and what their names look like in her recordings. She also told them about other jobs that you could do besides working for the courts.

Students will spend the day at Bowling Green Municipal Courts on May 3rd celebrating Law Day to see the visiting 6th District Appellate Court. The three appellate judges will hear Wood County cases. After the appeals are completed, students will be able to talk to the judges. Students will eat their lunch and take a tour of the entire facility.

A new event for BGHS is the Mock Trial Competition that started in the Fall 2008. Judge Mark Reddin, Bowling Green Municipal Court, and City Prosecutor Matt Reger are the legal advisors along with Dr. Rozalind Herzig, and they help prepare the team for competition. Follow the link below for more mock trial information.

Mock Trial Information site: http://www.oclre.org/ and Mock Trial Team Page