Civil Procedure and Litigation

Catalog description

Civil procedure is the roadmap that litigants, lawyers and judges use to navigate the civil legal system. Whether they are state-specific, or contained in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the rules describe, among other things, how to commence a case, what the time frames are for answering a complaint or responding to a motion, and how to conduct a trial. This course explores how the rules provide guidance on all aspects of the civil case from pre-action filings through post-trial procedures. In this class, you will learn that civil procedure and litigation are inextricably intertwined because only by following proper procedure can one successfully commence a case, perform discovery, prepare for trial, pick a jury and then try the case.