LAW 7076 - Pre-Trial Practice

Prepares students to represent a client during the pretrial phase of a lawsuit. In this course you may prepare a pleading (complaint or answer); conduct "paper discovery" (i.e., prepare and respond to interrogatories, requests for admission, and requests for production of documents); conduct a witness interview and prepare a written interview summary; conduct a deposition and prepare a written deposition summary; prepare non-dispositive motions and memoranda (for or against jurisdiction, joinder, and interpleader); prepare and argue a dispositive motion (for or against summary judgment); and negotiate and document the settlement of a lawsuit. The course includes one large section class per week and one small section class per week . Counts toward the experiential education requirement.