PRETRIAL PRACTICE (CIVIL)

Catalog description

Satisfies Experiential Learning requirement. PRETRIAL PRACTICE could easily be called 'Everything One Needs to Know About Litigation Short of the Trial Itself' (although the class covers a considerable amount about trials as well). The students learn how to evaluate cases, prepare demand letters, draft complaints and understand the options for responding thereto, draft discovery (interrogatories, document requests, etc.), take real depositions with real witnesses transcribed by real court reporters, draft motions, learn the intricacies of summary judgment practice, learn how to hire experts and what they do, and learn how to negotiate, mediate and settle cases.