Civil Pretrial Practice

SLN #: 12705
Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 002
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Cohen
Course Books: View List of Books

Course Description:
This skills course will focus on the several aspects of pre-trial practice in civil litigation, including discovery planning and implementation, disclosure, interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admissions, examinations and viewings, depositions, discovery sanctions and pre-trial motion practice. Students will explore both the strategic and tactical aspects of pre-trial practice. Through a series of mini-projects and classroom exercises and simulations based on a hypothetical case students will begin to develop skills in pre-trial litigation. These mini-projects and classroom activities will provide the basis for evaluation in this pass-fail course.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Pass/Fail Only
Written Assignment: Yes
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: Yes
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: No
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.