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Governance, Legal & PeopleSimulated project

Web3 Legal / Compliance portfolio brief

A simulated governance, legal & people exercise for Web3 Legal / Compliance. Treat it as realistic practice, not real client or protocol work.

Objective

Choose a specific jurisdiction and issue area

Expected deliverables

Legal memoRisk assessmentPolicyControl matrixContract markupLaunch reviewDisclosureRegulatory update

Recommended workflow

  1. Choose a specific jurisdiction and issue area
  2. Study current primary rules and enforcement
  3. Build a sample risk assessment and control workflow without claiming legal authority you do not have
  4. Review the result against the rubric, then package it as a case study.

Constraints and safety

  • Use only public sources or clearly simulated data.
  • Never include seed phrases, private keys, or wallet secrets.
  • Redact private user, company, security, legal, or compensation information.
  • State every assumption you make.

Tools in practice

Legal research platforms
Research statutes, regulations, cases, guidance, and jurisdictional updates while preserving citations and effective dates.
contract workflow
Manage review, approval, rights, disclosure, and signature status without treating an operational tracker as legal advice.
case management
Track legal or compliance questions, facts, jurisdictions, owners, deadlines, privilege, and resolution status.
compliance tools
Support screening, case review, monitoring, policy evidence, and audit trails under the organisation's approved control framework.
Notion
Draft, review, and maintain legal memo and risk assessment, with owners, source links, and change history.
risk registers
Record the risk, affected product or jurisdiction, likelihood, impact, mitigation, owner, and review date.

What a strong submission shows

  • A redacted legal or compliance memo
  • A control matrix
  • A policy-to-workflow example
  • A product review showing alternatives rather than only prohibition

Weak submission patterns

  • Generic disclaimers presented as legal work
  • Confident cross-border conclusions with no jurisdiction
  • Policies copied from another business model

Review rubric

  • Accuracy of claims and sources
  • Relevance to the target role
  • Decision quality and trade-offs
  • Completeness of the deliverable
  • Clarity of communication
  • Honest limitations and next steps

Present it as a case study

  • Explain the problem, sources, decisions, ownership, constraints, output, review, and what you would change.
  • Show the final artifact before the process notes.
  • State what you owned and what belonged to other people.
  • Label the work as simulated, and keep any real contribution clearly separate.

Interview questions this project helps you answer

  1. How would you advise on a product when the regulatory classification is uncertain?

  2. What makes a compliance control operational rather than decorative?

  3. How do you communicate legal risk without taking over the business decision?

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