Litigation II

Catalog description

Building upon the knowledge and skills developed in PARA 3050 - Litigation I, students examine the U.S. state and federal court systems in greater depth, assessing the procedural, evidentiary, and substantive rules governing civil litigation; and develop skills in legal analysis, critical thinking, formal and informal advocacy, legal writing, rules of evidence, investigative techniques, and post-trial rules and procedures. Lectures are supplemented with practical exercises in the drafting of effective pleadings, motions, memoranda, and discovery documents.