Course Curriculum
Youth Venture Program
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Session One: Search and Seizure
Lesson Title: Right to privacy: Hands off me and my things!
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should understand the definition and application of the terms “search” and “seizure” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment and what is actually protected by it.
Session Two: Warrant and Warrant Exceptions
Lesson Title: Warrants and Warrant Exceptions
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to identify all warrant requirements and exceptions.
Session Three: Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
Lesson Title: Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to apply the criteria for triggering the protections of the Fourth Amendment in your actions and communications.
Session Four: Due Process
Lesson Title: Presumption of Innocence and Due Process
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to identify all of the requirements of due process and understand how to use your due process rights.
Session Five: Miranda Rights
Lesson Title: Miranda Rights, Self-Incrimination, and Criminal Investigations
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to identify and exercise all Miranda rights of the Fifth Amendment.
Session Six: Double Jeopardy
Lesson Title: Double Jeopardy
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to identify the protections of double jeopardy and how to trigger them.
Session Seven: Trial Process
Lesson Title: Criminal Trial Process: Stages, Speedy, and Public
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to identify the stages of a criminal trial and the requirements of public and speedy trials.
Session Eight: Jury Selection
Lesson Title: Jury of Peers: Fair and Impartial
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to identify where potential jurors come from, how they are selected, and what their role and responsibilities are once they are sworn-in as jurors.
Session Nine: Attorneys and Witnesses
Lesson Title: Presentation and Rebuttal of Evidence: Attorneys and Witnesses
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to identify the rights to an attorney and witnesses under the Sixth Amendment, how attorneys present cases through witnesses, and how witnesses are “confronted” in court.
Session Ten: Burdens of Proof and Persuasion
Lesson Title: Trials and Burdens of Proof and Persuasion
Learning Objectives: By the end of this section, you should be able to identify which side has the burden of proof and persuasion in a criminal trial, what the burdens are, and when they shift.