Civil Litigation Pract & Proc Capstone

Catalog description

This course will familiarize the student with the civil litigation process from the initial client interview to completion of discovery, through trial, as well as familiarize students with post trial issues including supplemental proceedings and appeals. Subject matter will include pretrial motion practices and filing requirements; perfecting service, discovery, and alternative dispute resolution; identifying legal versus factual issues, the trial process itself, presenting evidence, and developing a theme and theory for the trial in order to present your client's story. Additionally, the course will cover post trial procedures and enforcements of civil judgment. Topics involve preparing the Responsive Pretrial Motions, Subpoenas for witnesses, and a complete trial notebook with a unified theme and theory of your case. The focus of the course will also involve the Indiana Trial Rules, pretrial disputes, depositions, evidentiary presentation, proving/disproving the necessary elements, the cost/benefit analysis of going to trial, and what happens after a verdict is reached.