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Litigation
This concentration will appeal to those who wish to develop the skills necessary to function as an effective civil or criminal litigator. Persons in this track recognize that few disputes are actually tried to a conclusion. For those that are, a special set of lawyering skills must be possessed by the truly effective lawyer. This curriculum will focus on pretrial and trial tactics, both criminal and civil. Likely clinical placements will be in prosecutor and defender offices and law firms specializing in tort litigation. Professor Russell chairs the Litigation Concentration.
DEADLINE FOR DESIGNATING LITIGATION CONCENTRATION: All students selecting the Litigation Concentration must meet with a faculty member of this concentration to discuss appropriate courses for meeting specific career goals and to help plan an academic schedule. Students choosing this concentration must complete this process by the time they complete 45 credit hours, unless they can demonstrate a good cause for delaying the selection.
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Students who elect this concentration must complete each of these 3 credit courses:
_____ Pre Trial Skills [3]
_____ Moot Court [3]
_____ Trial Skills [3]
this additional 2 credit course:
_____ Alternate Dispute Resolution [2]
and 13 general elective credits from anywhere in the curriculum:
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and a minimum of 3 credits of a clinical program:
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Required Courses
_____ Advanced Writing [3]
_____ Business Organizations [3]
_____ Civil Procedure I [3]
_____ Civil Procedure II [3]
_____ Constitutional Law I [3]
_____ Constitutional Law II [3]
_____ Contracts I [3]
_____ Contracts II [3]
_____ Criminal Law [3]
_____ Criminal Procedure [3]
_____ Equity & Remedies [3]
_____ Evidence [3]
_____ Introduction to Law I [0]
_____ Professional Responsibility [3]
_____ Property I [3]
_____ Property II [3]
_____ Research & Writing [3]
_____ Secured Transactions [3]
_____ Taxation [3]
_____ Torts I [3]
_____ Torts II [3]
_____ Wills, Estates, and Trusts [3]
63 credits
Recommended Courses
_____ Bar Start [0]
_____ Practice Multistate Bar Examination [0]
Litigation Faculty
Russell, Chair
Bretz, Vice-Chair
Asher
Benson
Brame
J. Brennan
Butler
Cercone
Chadwick
Church
Clement
Cooney
Corbett
Cotter
D'Isa
Dotson
Faulkner
Fell
Flores
Glicksman
Halushka
Hastings
Henke
Kane
Krause-Phelan
Kruse
Lowe
MacDonald
J. Marks
McKneelen
N. Miller
Mitchell-Cichon
Nuckolls
Peden
Plate
Robb
Rousseau
Scott
Swedlow
Timmer
Tombers
Wagner
Ward
Wing
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