The Litigation Experience
SLN #: 83702Course Prefix: LAW-637
Course Section: 1001
Credit Hours: 4
Instructor(s): Conlon;Evans;Diederich
Course Books: View List of Books
Course Description:
This course is designed to be the core experience of the Trial Advocacy Program, offering students the opportunity to serve as trial lawyers in a simulated case. Using a “learning by doing” format, students will act as defense attorneys or prosecutors in a hypothetical Criminal Case from the initial charging phase through discovery, pretrial motion practice, plea negotiations, and jury trial.
The class is structured so that all students meet together each Monday for a 90-minute class, and then meet in a small-group breakout session on Wednesday or Friday to participate in litigation skills exercises supervised by experienced trial lawyers from the community. The Monday lecture session will focus on litigation topics related to the performance exercises to be undertaken in the skills sections conducted later that same week. Students will engage in exercises involving all phases of the criminal process beginning with charging and culminating in a mock jury trial at the end of the semester.
Evidence is a Co or Pre-Requisite for the course.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 4
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: Yes
Experiential Learning: Yes
Seminar: No
Prerequisite: Evidence is a co or pre-requisite
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Limited Enrollment Number: 8
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person
* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.