This is a collection of online resources which may be helpful in choosing a project.
List of possible projects for a course like this (under construction)
Links to miscellaneous papers that caught my eye.
List of student projects in 2006
Selected student project write-ups
Chance News discusses items from current news relating to statistics and probability.
Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports has lots of interesting papers.
Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law,
Science, & Technology (click on Logic, Mathematics, and Statistics) has
articles aimed at the legal profession, e.g.
Chance and Skill in Games: Electronic Draw Poker