Civil Practice Large Group (E)

Catalog description

Civil Practice focuses on practical, theoretical, and ethical issues in pretrial civil litigation practice through lecture and discussion and emphasizes the development of practice skills through simulation exercises in client interviewing, fact investigation, pleading, formal discovery (depositions, interrogatories, etc.), pretrial motion practice, negotiation, and jury instructions. Simulation exercises are conducted in small groups under the supervision of adjunct faculty. Civil Practice meets for 1 hour in a large group (pass/no pass), and 2 hours each week in a small group (letter grade).