LAW PA513 Wk 2 – Summative Assessment: Executive Summary

As you have learned, federal, state, and local agencies have a critical role in the functioning of government. The actions that agencies take in accordance with their rulemaking and adjudicative authority have far-reaching consequences. Because of the role that agencies have, it is extremely important that you understand the body of law that regulates their operations.

Imagine you’ve been asked by your boss to brief a group of individuals who are unfamiliar with administrative law.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word executive summary. Complete the following in your summary:

• Explain administrative law.
• Explain the process of rulemaking.
• Discuss the concepts of due process and the equal protection clause.
• ​​​​​​​Provide an example of an administrative action.

Cite a minimum of two outside reference sources.

Format your summary according to APA guidelines using the Cardillo APA sample paper for your title page, parenthetical citations and reference page.

Submit your assignment.

LAW PA513 Wk 3 – Discretionary Action

In 2020, a pandemic engulfed the world due to variants of the coronavirus. In the United States, the functioning of federal, state, and local agencies almost came to a halt. Many social changes, such as mask wearing, quickly evolved. Public administrators were forced to find new ways to operate to continue to serve the public.

Imagine your boss has asked you to find an example of an agency taking discretionary action related to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker’s notes detailing your findings (at least three sentences per content slide). Address the following in your presentation:

• Define agency discretion.
• Identify the discretionary action.
• Discuss whether the discretionary action resulted in a social change.
• List the pros and cons of the identified discretionary action.
• Explain whether you agree with the discretionary action.

Be sure to start the slide show (after the Title Page slide) with an Introduction or road map slide and then end it with a Conclusion slide. Cover all the major topical areas of the assignment with your content slides. Your challenge will be to come up with bullet points (stay away from sentences and paragraphs; leave these for your speaker’s notes in your content slides).

Format the citations within your presentation according to APA guidelines.

Format the citations within your presentation according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

LAW PA513 Wk 4 – Summative Assessment: SWOT Analysis

Agencies have been entrusted with a vast amount of power to carry out their missions. Social changes can quickly develop as a result of changes in laws or public policy. During times of rapid changes to laws and public policy, it is imperative that governmental actions be transparent. For this assessment, you examine laws that govern information in the possession of the federal government and social changes.

Identify a social change that has occurred in public administration due to changing laws and public policy.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis of the social change. Complete the following in your analysis:

• Describe the social change.
• Discuss the benefits of the social change.
• Discuss any negative aspects of the social change.
• Discuss whether you believe the change should be reversed.

​​​​​​​Cite a minimum of 3 outside reference sources to support your assessments, analysis, and conclusions.

Format your paper consistent with Cardillo Sample Paper/APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

LAW PA513 Wk 5 – Informal vs. Formal Adjudication

As you have learned, the adjudicative process is an important aspect of an agency’s administrative process. As a public administrator, it is imperative that you be able to distinguish between informal and formal adjudications.

Create a five to eight slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker’s notes detailing your findings (at least three sentences per content slide). Complete the following in your presentation:

• Explain the differences between informal and formal adjudication.
• Discuss the pros and cons of informal and formal adjudication.
• Provide at least one example each of an agency engaging in formal and informal adjudication.

Be sure to start the slide show (after the Title Page slide) with an Introduction or road map slide and then end it with a Conclusion slide. Cover all the major topical areas of the assignment with your content slides. Your challenge will be to come up with bullet points (stay away from sentences and paragraphs; leave these for your speaker’s notes) for each slide.

Format any citations within your presentation according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

LAW PA513 Wk 6 – Summative Assessment: Informal vs. Federal Torts

Refer to Administrative Law: Bureaucracy in a Democracy, p. 56; sidebar Briefing a Case before beginning this assignment.

While many conflicts can be resolved outside of the judicial system, there are times when disputes must be resolved in the courts. Imagine you are in-house counsel for a company that has many contracts with the federal government. Your company is considering suing the government for various tort claims.

Identify a case in which the plaintiff successfully sued the government under the Federal Torts Claims Act.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word case brief restating the case’s most important parts in your own words. Include the following in your brief:

• Name of the brief
• The case facts
• The procedural history
• The issues in question
• The holding
• The court’s rationale for each holding
• The final disposition

Cite a minimum of 2 outside reference sources.

Format your case brief according to Cardillo Sample Paper/APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.