Course Information

739 C - Pretrial Litigation

Professor: John J. Chester
Credits: 3
Semester: 2009 Winter
Second Writing? Yes
Seminar? No
Professional Responsibility? No

The course will cover case planning, interviewing and counseling, pleading, motion practice, informal and formal discovery, settlement discussions and, if time permits, interim relief and interlocutory appeals. Since students will have learned the basic legal doctrines in Civil Procedure, the focus will be on planning, analysis, and strategy. The class will be divided into law firms to conduct pretrial litigation problems.

• GRADE BASED ON QUALITY OF CASE FILE WHICH IS COMPOSED OF THE ACCUMULATED ASSIGNMENTS
• LIMITED ENROLLMENT

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