Civil Procedure

3 Credit Hours

This course focuses on the structure and organization of the federal and state judicial systems, jurisdiction over the person and subject matter, process and pleadings, parties, joinder of claims, pre-trial motion practice, discovery of evidence, division of functions between judge and jury, in-court procedures, post-trial motions, and appellate review. The course is litigation practice-oriented and uses the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as a model.