Among the activities in which students will engage are simulated client interviewing and counseling, resolution of ethical issues, analyzing a record of trial proceedings, appellate strategy development, drafting a brief, and oral argument. Prompt and meaningful feedback will be provided individually on all written and oral work. Two seminars will be held each week. The subjects covered in the seminars will dovetail with the students' work on their appeals. Permission of the professor is required.
Evidence is required.
Top of page . One semester The Pretrial Civil Litigation or Pretrial Advocacy Program is an intensive, one-semester, practical introduction to pretrial civil litigation, including interviewing, drafting pleadings, planning investigation and discovery, taking depositions, and briefing and arguing pretrial motions. The simulation is a hands-on program in which students learn by doing. It is focused on the pretrial development of a civil case. Pretrial is, of course, the heart of civil litigation because most civil cases are resolved before trial.