The Business Law Simternship + Courseware
Putting classroom concepts into professional contexts
The Business Law Simternship and Courseware contains everything you need to teach an impactful business law course. This simulation gives your students actionable, hands-on experience with the concepts you're teaching them in the classroom.
When used together with the Stukent Business Law courseware, educators can easily create robust experiential learning opportunities for students.
Bridge the Theory-Practice Gap
Business Law Simternship
The Business Law Simternship is a practical, application-based learning tool that casts students in the role of a legal consultant. The simulation involves navigating a series of legal challenges across various business settings. By following this individual’s journey through multiple scenarios and roles, students gain practical experience and an understanding of how legal principles are applied differently across various industries.
Your students will master key business law skills, including:
Problem-solving and decision-making
Contract and document analysis
Agency and regulation knowledge
Define and apply legal concepts to business settings
Hands-on Learning without the Hassle
Stukent Simternships integrate with your favorite LMS platforms
Single Sign-on
Grade Book Syncing
Deep Linking
Rostering
Practice, Meet Pedagogy
Pair Your Simternship With Stukent Courseware
Stukent courseware aligns with your Simternship, giving your students a solid foundation for success.
Stukent Courseware
Courseware that puts classroom concepts into professional contexts
Stukent courseware goes beyond the limitations of the printed textbook, pairing powerful instructional resources for you with an annually updated, concise text for students.
An Authoritative Text + Robust Instructional Resources
The “Business Law: A Practical Approach” courseware
Make legal concepts come alive for your students with the Stukent Business Law courseware. This annually updated resource breaks down complex topics — like contracts, employment law, and the U.S. legal system — into digestible, real-world lessons. Your students will review annotated legal documents, complete hands-on assignments, and even apply their knowledge through a Court Visitation project. With auto-graded assessments and a suite of instructor resources, this courseware helps you teach business law with clarity and confidence.
What’s Inside
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and History of Law
Chapter 2: The United States Legal System
Chapter 3: The United States Constitution and Business
Chapter 4: United States Court System and Jurisdiction
Chapter 5: Dispute Resolution
Chapter 6: Government Agencies and Administrative Law
Chapter 7: Criminal Law
Chapter 8: Torts and Liability
Chapter 9: Contracts I — The Basics
Chapter 10: Contracts II — Performance, Structure, Negotiation, and Sample Contracts
Chapter 11: Contracts III — Contracts for Goods
Chapter 12: Credit, Negotiable Instruments, and Bankruptcy
Chapter 13: Business Entities I — The Basics
Chapter 14: Business Entities II — Advanced Topics
Chapter 15: Employment Law
Chapter 16: Property
Chapter 17: Annotated Documents
Appendices
Key courseware learning objectives
In this courseware, your students will ...
- Analyze constitutional, state, federal, and international legal influences on business and individuals in the United States
- Evaluate potential legal issues in the business environment
- Analyze the basics of the U.S. legal system, including crimes, torts, and contracts
- Analyze the legal and court processes in the United States
- Attend, report, and evaluate a court proceeding
- Analyze and apply the basic requirements for contracts
- Evaluate different legal entities for doing business, including sole proprietorships, partnerships (all forms), limited liability companies, and corporations
- Analyze legal issues in consumer, discrimination, employment, and labor laws
- Differentiate the various types of property (personal, real, and intellectual)
- Analyze the impact of business and personal ethics and corporate social responsibility on society
- Analyze the basic differences between domestic and international legal environments and the impact of digitalization on legal processes
- Demonstrate and improve effective written and verbal communication skills by analyzing legal and ethical issues
180+ Embedded Educator Resources
Everything you need to teach
your best course
- 17 chapters
- 17 auto-graded quizzes
- 17 lesson plans
- 34 lecture slide decks
- Sample syllabus
- Course calendar
- LMS integration
- Plus, over 100 aditional resources
About the Author
Ralf Mehnert-Meland, JD
Ralf Mehnert-Meland holds a Juris Doctor from George Washington University, a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and International Business from Carthage College, and a degree as banker (“Bankkaufmann”) in his native Germany. He has published three books on the Ecu, the predecessor to the Euro, and the European Central Bank.
Ralf has significant business experience in developing domestic and international business in the ERP, Cloud, agriculture, and healthcare industries. He is a licensed attorney and has worked in global executive and management positions in the United States and Germany.
Ralf is currently an Associate Professor at Minnesota State University Moorhead where he teaches business law, ethics, and personal finance. His teaching philosophy is “Keep it simple, keep it real, and make it relevant for the students.”
He learned about personal finance from his teaching, jobs, and real life experiences, but most importantly from making mistakes – and learning from them.
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This courseware contains robust instructional resources for educators and students. Best of all, the Stukent team updates the courseware annually, which means your curriculum will always be on the cutting edge of your industry.
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