As much as possible, in this course, you’ll be completing work that you might actually do as a paralegal. For this assignment, you’ll be completing a memorandum of law. Again, this is the sort of task you might actually do at a law firm.
The doctrines of federalism and separation of powers prohibit the federal government from interfering with states where there is no direct connection to a constitutionally delegated federal power. As a result, attempts at federal gun control were found unconstitutional in the cases of United States v. Lopez and Printz v. United States.
For this assignment, write a 1-2 page memorandum to your managing attorney (your instructor) that addresses the following issues:
Your memorandum should be “Law Office Ready” and include all of the required elements of a memorandum. See the Everest Law Office Memorandum document in the Legal Writing Resources section under Course Home if you need a template.
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