Fundamentals of Court Operations-Court Case Types

Catalog description

Students are introduced to the fundamentals of legal processing and the types of cases adjudicated in the California State court system. This includes an overview of state courts (primarily California) and focus on similarities and differences in case types including applicable statutes, caseflow and processing standards, agency participants, court staff functions, management of case files, etc. The emergence of collaborative courts will be reviewed. Attendance at a court session and/or observation of clerk's office procedures will be required.