Students will be required to apply legal reasoning, research, and writing skills in the context of the preparation of objective legal documents, including a client letter and a memorandum of law. Students will then participate in live simulations including a client interview and follow up consultation as well as a negotiation with opposing counsel. The course concludes with the drafting of a proposed settlement agreement. In the first phase of the course, the focus will be on pre-trial litigation.
Students draft either a complaint or an answer, prepare a discovery plan, and draft interrogatories.
They will also prepare a motion for summary judgment with accompanying brief and present oral argument on the motion to a judge. The final phase of the course will cover appellate litigation. Students will be required to prepare an appellate brief and present oral argument before an appellate panel.