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- 2. Table of Contents Bankruptcy Chapter 13 Chapter 7 Voluntary Petition Means Test Schedule J- Current Expenditures Contracts Training and Management Engagement Letter Electronic Signatures Termination Letter Research and Analysis Interoffice Memorandum Case Brief Intake Interview Client Opinion letter Correspondence and Filings Transmittal Letter Settlement Demand Memorandum of Law Complaint Evidence Document Index Demonstrative Evidence Preservation of Evidence Letter Request for Inspection
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- 4. Chapter 13 Applied understanding of Chapter13 Bankruptcy by designing a payment plan based on specifics in an assigned fact pattern.
- 5. Chapter 7 Prepared a Chapter7 Voluntary Petition Form for Utah using Best Case software.
- 6. Means Test Analyzed databased on an assigned fact pattern through excel. Used color to categorize types of expenses so as to more easily incorporate them into a bankruptcy means test.
- 7. Schedule J- CurrentExpenditures Prepared a Bankruptcy Schedule J- Current Expenditures using Best Case to show understanding of Bankruptcy Schedules.
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- 9. Training and Management Synthesizedunderstanding of contract law and necessary terms with a fictional fact pattern from the movie Hercules. This contract represents the trainer in a training and management contract.
- 10. Engagement Letter Analyzed thenecessary terms of an engagement letter by applying a fact pattern to an existing letter and making necessary changes to meet the needs of a fictional client.
- 11. Electronic Signatures Identified theUniform Code regarding Electronic Signatures for Corporate Contracts as well as the states who have adopted the code. Located the location of the Uniform Electronic Signatures Act in the individual codes of each state for future reference.
- 12. Termination Letter Demonstrated understanding of terminationletters and contracts by drafting a letter to a vendor including and citing terms from the original agreement.
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- 14. Interoffice Memorandum Interpreted afact pattern and possible legal outcomes through research of related case law.
- 15. Case Brief Summarized casefindings based on briefing techniques learned in class to streamline future research process.
- 16. Intake Interview Evaluated themerits of a case through a fact pattern as collected through a mock interview.
- 17. Client Opinion Letter Illustratedthe merits of a case based on an assigned fact pattern for the benefit of a client.
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- 19. Transmittal Letter Prepared atransmittal letter to demonstrate necessary writing skills.
- 20. Settlement Demand Drafted asettlement demand letter combining principles of tort law and required elements to be met by insurance.
- 21. Memorandum of Law Thoroughlydefended claims in a case in order to expedite the litigation process by justifying the need for summary judgment.
- 22. Complaint Employed ability todraft facts in a precise manner to avoid unnecessary denials. Drafted elements of a claim in a direct and persuasive manner.
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- 24. Document Index Organized and made adatabase of documents for future reference and use.
- 25. Demonstrative Evidence Designed demonstrative evidenceusing excel to show possible suspicious accounting practices in a fictional fraud case. 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 - 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 1,200,000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec NumberofTransactions NumberofUnits Month Widget Inc. Sales 2015 Number of Units Sold Number of Transactions Month Number of Units Sold Number of Transactions Jan 758,694 645 Feb 816,325 354 Mar 657,984 248 Apr 546,895 631 May 257,894 978 Jun 723,018 478 Jul 329,876 789 Aug 172,648 981 Sep 649,875 897 Oct 793,481 234 Nov 945,973 594 Dec 1,000,001 102
- 26. Preservation of EvidenceLetter Produced a spoliation letter using persuasive language based on an assigned fact pattern.
- 27. Request for Inspection Prepareda court filing demonstrating understanding of basic filing formats.