Forum Post 1 350 words topic: History of Peacekeeping 1988-present Individuals can have a tremendous impact on events, including limiting atrocities. We've seen how Lakhdar Brahimi's guidance of the Panel on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations impacted its final report. In this forum, please select one person who has been important in UN peacekeeping efforts, and discuss how he or she influenced a particular operation or overall peacekeeping policy especially as it concerns genocide. I look forward to reading your posts and providing feedback on the discussions! I may ask follow-up questions after you have presented the initial post, so please revisit your original thread before the week ends. Forum Post 2 250 words (Bluebook Format) topic: Legal Research and Writing This week, we will engage in a mock debate over a very controversial subject matter modeled on the type of question that you may encounter if you participated in a debate competition. Resolved: The United States should adopt the so-called Nordic model in its treatment of prostitution. According to the so-called Nordic model, the buyers of sex face criminal prosecution, while the sellers of sex do not face criminal prosecution. To spark a lively debate, students whose last names begin with A to I should defend the above resolution, while the remaining students should oppose the resolutions. Students should stay in character throughout the week. Please limit your arguments to legal arguments and base your legal arguments upon research from “reliable sources” of information. This will be to oppose the resolution. Forum Post 3 500 words (Bluebook format) topic: Legal ethics Please find the rules relating to reporting attorney misconduct in your state. Provide proper citation to the rules, summarize the process, to include to whom the misconduct is reported, how discipline is handled and any related appellate procedures. Finally, find an example of when these rules have been violated in your state - most Bars have a list of attorneys that have been found guilty of misconduct and what their "sentence" is. Use the state of Utah. Forum Post 4 250 words (bluebook format) topic: Paralegal studies In your Civil Litigation course you studied all that is involved in the complicated and "drawn-out" process of civil litigation. You explored the role of the paralegal in this process which can include everything from gathering information to preparing and organizing materials for trial. Alternatives to litigation that are usually less costly and more expedient are mediation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Please use the textbooks and resources from your past courses to answer and discuss the questions below. Also, please review the ADR website at this link http://www.adr.org/ The Cornell Law website also presents a nice overview of ADR at this link http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/alternative_dispute_resolution Please answer and discuss the following: 1. Please define arbitration and mediation. What are the key differences between the two? 2. Why would a party rather use ADR than traditional litigation? 3. What is the alternative argument? What are some reasons a party would choose to litigate rather than use ADR? 4. What is the role of a Paralegal or Legal Assistant in the ADR process or in working for mediators or arbitrators? Please discuss fully and follow the directions you have already been given for discussion forum participation.

CompetencyIn this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:Demonstrate how influence and power facilitate support and buy-in for your departmental strategic planScenarioThe Association for Strategic Planning, a professional nonprofit organization, has reached out to you and requested that you present at their local chapter meeting next month. The session’s topic is how influence and power can be utilized to create buy-in for a department’s goals. They are asking that you distinguish between influence and power, discuss how to build buy-in, and explain how best to use organizational awareness. Many of the audience members will be managers and department heads, and they work in all sectors: technology, media, industry, etc.DirectionsYour presentation with speaker notes should include the following in order to demonstrate your understanding of how influence and power can be leveraged to create buy-in for a department’s plans:How influence relates to creating buy-in for a strategic planDefine influence, and elaborate on types of influence.Explain how it can be used to create buy-in.Explain how to identify who has influence in an organization.How power relates to creating buy-in for a strategic planDefine power, and elaborate on types of power dynamics within an organization.Explain how power can be used to create buy-in.Explain how to identify who holds power in an organization.Describe multiple ways to create buy-in with internal stakeholders for supporting departmental strategic plans.Explain the importance of establishing buy-in when communicating strategic plans to internal stakeholders.Explain how to identify key stakeholders in the organization who are outside of the department.Elaborate on steps to create internal buy-in.Explain when someone would use champions in their department to promote a winning strategic idea.Explain how someone would point out the misconceptions of the naysayers to then gain their agreementHow to incorporate an organizational awareness of influence and power to create buy-inDemonstrate the importance of the following elements, using examples to support your claims:Political atmosphereVerbal and nonverbal cuesCultural norms within the organizationWritten and unwritten rulesHow the department fits within the organizationHow influence and power relate to the above bulletsWhat to SubmitEvery project has a deliverable or deliverables, which are the files that must be submitted before your project can be assessed. For this project, you must submit the following:PresentationSubmit a slide presentation (15–25 slides) with speaker notes that demonstrates the competency by addressing the elements outlined in the directions and need to integrated the in-text citation component on each of your slides. Reference List For each source that you cite, you need to include the author’s name, the publication year, the title of the source, and the location of the source in a References section at the end of your work. Cite all sources appropriately.