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Intro to Law has taught me many different concepts and basics about law!

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It's important for everyone to understand basic concepts of law, for you will most likely need to know at one point in your life!

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In order for a crime to take place there must be a concurrence of actus reus and mens reus.

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Mens reus refers to the bad intent one has when committing a crime.

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Actus reus is the bad action that takes place during a crime.

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The torts officers must follow to take someone in for a mental health crisis are very tedious.

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There are many important jobs, such as our guest speaker did, like responding to mental health crisis calls, that require one to be familiar with torts and the law!

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In order for an officer to take someone in for further help during a mental health crisis, they must be putting themselves or others in danger.

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Upon taking this class, I learned different areas of law to study. This lead me to look into sports law, which would be my dream job!

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Since sports law interests me a lot, my absolute biggest dream would be to work with the chiefs!

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While researching about different areas of law, another interest I found was in real estate law!

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There are two types of law, civil and criminal. Both are very different from one another in terms of what and who they deal with.

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Civil law refers to to private actions brought by individuals to address perceived laws. Civil law deals with disputes between private parties.

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Criminal law deals with punishments. It can result in jail time and/or loss of liberty's. Criminal law deals with offense against the public or state. Overall it deals with harm to society as a whole.

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Between the two areas of law we studied, I have found myself most interested in civil law. Because both jobs that interest me deal with contracts, they would be considered civil law.

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Since I have mentioned torts a few times, it's important to know what a tort is. A tort is harm to a person or a person's property i.e., a civil or personal “wrong.”

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Tort law covers a couple of behaviors, intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability.

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An intentional tort is when someone intends to harm a person’s body, reputation, or emotional well-being.

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Taking Into to Law gave me an idea of what law can look like, and made me a lot more confident that this is what I wanted my future career to be!

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I watch and keep up with many documentaries about crime, and learning concepts in this class has really impacted the way I view many cases. Not only this, but now while watching shows about law I can understand what they're talking about and what they butcher about law on the show.