Evidence

Catalog description

Prerequisite: BUSL-28A. Advisory: Completion of BUSL-400. Study of the California Evidence Code, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and a paralegal's role in the analysis and application of the rules of civil and criminal evidence. Topics include: evidence gathering and investigation, admissibility of relevant evidence, methods of proving character, modern competency rules, impeachment, testimony by lay and expert opinions, hearsay and hearsay exceptions, constitutional constraints on the admissibility of evidence, the impact of California's 1982 Proposition 8 ("Victim's Bill of Rights"), and privileges.