Topics may include relevancy, the hearsay rule, direct and cross examination of witnesses, opinion, scientific evidence, impeachment, privileges, writings, real and demonstrative evidence, judicial notice, confrontation and compulsory process, and burdens of proof and presumptions. Examination of complex joinder, the management of factually related claims in multiple venues, modern class-action practice, and current developments in the law of claim and issue preclusion. The course will focus on the interplay or tension between procedural and substantive law, fact and law, merit and advocacy, deference and fairness, and the effect of these factors on the disposition of individual appeals and the clarification of law by appellate courts.
Enrollment is limited.