Congratulations! You've landed a job as a paralegal making big bucks working for a law firm that represents athletes across numerous sports.

One of the partners has come to you and asked that you do intake with a potential new client: Sylvia Gray. During the interview, you learn that Sylvia is a student at the prestigious University of Wapakoneta (UW) where she was the star player on the school's tennis team - "was" being the operative word. You see, after an exceptionally successful sophomore year, Sylvia showed up on campus to find that funding for the university's women's tennis team had been cut and the team shut down. The tennis courts had been paved over and turned into a parking lot. Sylvia has reason to believe that the University shut down the women's tennis team because they weren't making enough money for the school. She is generally suspicious that UW has not maintained a proportional balance of women's sports opportunities relative to the school's gender population; they haven't exhibited any reasonable growth in the area of women's sports; and that the women on campus feel their needs are not being met.Sylvia is a nationally-ranked tennis player and has strong family ties to the Wapakoneta area. She doesn't want to leave the school.

Your assignment: Draft a memo to the partner, advising her about the viability of Sylvia's legal claims. Include the following in your memo:

2. Advise the partner what claims/remedies you believe may be available to Sylvia.
4. What steps can the firm assist Sylvia to take to see that the women's tennis team is reinstated?
6. Please note for the partner any additional facts you believe the firm would want/need to follow up on or investigate.

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Memorandum To Partner From Your Name Paralegal Date Date Subject Viability of Sylvia Grays Legal Claims Introduction I have conducted an intake interview with Sylvia Gray a student at the University o... View the full answer