Business Law (62152C) is designed to acquaint students with the basic legal principles common to business and personal activities. Topics include consumer concepts to assist students when evaluating contracts, purchasing with credit, purchasing appropriate insurance, and renting and owning real estate. Business concepts such as contracting, ethics, starting a business, hiring employees, managing employees, and representing other businesses and individuals in an agency capacity are included. Skills in critical thinking are reinforced in this course along with oral and written communication skills. Field trips are used to enhance teaching and  a "mock trial" assigned as a culmination project to assess overall competencies learned in the course. FBLA competitions are available to apply competencies learned.