Independent Component 2

This song should be definitely playing because is our last senior project component before our FINAL LESSON!!!

LITERAL(a) Include this statement: “I, Karla Milicich, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 38 hours of work.”(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

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(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)

Done

(d) Explain what you completed.    

I completed a booklet concerning alternatives to trial and other extra tidbits that may be helpful. (Click Here for Booklet) I completed a pamphlet on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) as it is one of my answers to my EQ. (Click Here for Pamphlet) I also made a review of my children's book and a quick summary of it. (Click Here for Children's Book) I also completed a review of a graphic novel. I didn't create a graphic novel but I did create a concept and plot for it. (Click Here for Graphic Novel Review)

(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.   

I have links to all of my work above. I also have a log of my hours and what I did throughout my log. Hopefully you enjoy it! I put a lot of work and time into it. 

(f)How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 

The component helped me answer my eq because I realized that through most of my research, ADR was the most prominently used alternative. However, good communication is encouraged and motions aren't as encouraged. It was a little shocking to me but the component was rather fun and I enjoyed some of it. I'm not going to lie. It was a lot of work, but I tried my best and that's what counts right?

Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval

I hope that this component goes above and beyond. 

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I would like to delve into researching and creating pamphlets, an informational booklet (probably about 5,000 words or more), and a child's book giving information on the alternatives to trials, which is one of my answers. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will keep a word count and update a log of how much time I spend on the informational booklet. This will also be done for the child's book and the pamphlets.

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

This component will help me raise awareness of the alternatives to trial that are more cost effective. It will also give me a better understanding of these alternatives because as it is commonly known, teaching is the best way to know I understand my information thoroughly. This also deals with communication, which is my Answer 1. I am making it more understandable and easier to explain a concept that is very hard to explain and something that is taught to attorneys in law school to the general public. 

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

Done

Independent Component #1

Here are pictures of the depositions that I took for the mock trial. There are eight depositions for each witness, excluding the police officer that filed the case.

Depositions are meetings held in which a witness gives their testimony for a case. What they say is typed word for word by a court reporter, who must be present at all times. The court reporter must record everything that happens, even when they talk. The witness is advised to speak slow, speak clearly, and respond with a yes, no, or maybe because "uh huh" is not a defined word for an answer. 

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) Write: “I, Karla Milicich, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 43.75  hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• Potter, Andrew. Intensive Law & Trial: 2014 Student Journal. Washington D.C.: Envision, 2014. Print.

           (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for 
           individual  sessions as well as total hours.

• Done 

           (d) Explain what you completed.    

• I completed preparations for a trial that was settled before its trial date, executed and prepared for a mock trial, created a case file and wrote a blog about it, created a video concerning the trial procedure (aka Civil litigation), and I even completed an entire deposition book on the mock trial which I have yet to post a blog about. 
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, artwork, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
• My work is significant to my project because it presents a basis/background for information on what my topic is. The trial preparations gave me an insight on how trials work and what needs to be done prior to going to trial. The settlement allowed me to understand that trials aren't always the end results for cases. The mock trial and deposition of the mock trial allowed me to apply what I had learned from my own experience during trial preparations. The video allowed me to share with the public what I know from my experience and from my research. The case file was a part of my mock trial preparations. 
• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 
• Well I pretty much answered this in the previous answer but as aforementioned, this component allowed me to understand the basics of a trial, its procedure, and its preparations. This component allowed me to learn about trials, apply what I learned to a mock trial, and then to teach it to others. 

Independent Component #1

How to: Civil Litigation

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7YXZ4Tr_P8wcEx2NS00R3BWNDQ

This is a link to a video I have made with information in regards to the Civil Litigation. 

Go check it out!

Independent Component #1

How to: Case File

The image above demonstrates any ordinary case file that is kept by attorneys that organizes documents important to a case. The contents include papers that are categorized in several categories. For the purpose of this example, we will be focusing on four specific categories: 

Case Law, Attorney's Notes, Exhibits, and Correspondence.

This would be the inside of the case file with the four categories organizing all individual documents. 

These types of documents are found within the category of Case Law. This category will include all types of research concerning the case at hand. Since this case file is for the mock trial, it contains information on Missouri laws and statutes concerning murder. The homicide of the pig brothers occurred in the state of Missouri so then this information would be very useful. 

These papers are all notes that my partner and I did during the trial and prior to the trial. These papers would fall under the Attorney's Notes category. Notes can be taken during trial and prior to it. Notes prior to trial can include information such as questions you plan to ask witnesses, opening statements, and closing arguments. 

The next category in the case file is exhibits. Now not all exhibits can fit in a case file, so what can be done in those situations are pictures, as shown above. There can also be documents that are important to case. Normally the exhibits are organized into a list to make exhibits easier to access. It is also important to know that 1-100 are normally marked as exhibits for the petitioner and the following hundred go to the defendant. If the exhibits on one side exceed 100 then the exhibit number rises to 1-300 for the petitioner and 301-600 for the defendant. 

The last category is correspondence and this normally includes emails exchanged between party members (clients and attorneys) and between opposing parties. This image above is of a packet that can qualify as correspondence as it is instructions sent from the teacher to the students with information on the case. This is an exchange of information and therefore is under the correspondence.

Other categories include Pleadings (court documents such as subpoenas, complaints that have been filed, etc.) and Miscellaneous (any miscellaneous documents pertaining to the case). 

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal

The scene this image was taken from was during a trial, hopefully that's enough to capture your attention!

What is my Independent Component 1 idea?  I would like my Independent Component 1 to revolve around a case that was supposed to go to trial, however it was settled before the trial date and therefore, did not go to trial. 

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I had helped my mentor with preparation for the trial including being present at a deposition, writing a deposition summary, filling out court subpoenas, organizing the exhibits (evidence), and organizing the case file. I was supposed to take notes during the trial of how it was carried out, but instead I read through and took notes on a packet handed to me by my mentor by the LA Superior Court that explains the Joint Trial Statement. My mentor had also discussed with me how settlements are carried out. 

Of course, this was not enough for the requirement of 30 hours; therefore, I also wanted to include the Mock Trial we had in class as part of my independent component. I understand that whatever paper I filed or anything I worked on during the preparation and during the settlement of the case during my mentorship was confidential; therefore, I thought that anything I used during the preparation of and during the process of the Mock Trial, would be perfect for this Independent Component 1. Anything I had done during my mentorship could be applied to the Mock Trial. I came up with the idea of creating a case file for the Mock Trial and all the hours I did were documented on a spreadsheet that is linked on my blog. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I have decided to create a spreadsheet in which I explain everything I did within the allotted time specified in each session I worked on the independent component. 

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

I feel that research I will be doing alongside the Mock Trial will help me understand how trials are carried out, not necessarily that of civil, but of criminal. I was thinking of creating an essay identifying the differences between the preparations of both criminal and civil trials based on what I've experienced and the research I do to better understand my topic and how it differs from criminal litigation. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

**Posted on Blog, under "Senior Project Hours"

PS: I would like to be advised any other ways of documentation, because I feel that spreadsheets explaining what I did on a day by day basis is not enough. I was possibly thinking of making a short film, maybe a minute or two long, demonstrating what one does during trial preparation. (However, I believe that this might be a good idea for a independent component 2.)