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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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LEGS 202 - Litigation
PREREQUISITES: LEGS 101 - Introduction to Legal Studies and LEGS 103 - Civil Procedure
PROGRAM: Legal Studies and Paralegal Studies
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2012
The study of Indiana trial rules pertaining to actual trial. Topics include the discovery process and discovery tools, litigation support-including organization and retrieval of trial documents-techniques in preparing witnesses for trial, and preparing jury instructions. The main project is compiling a trial notebook.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Compare and contrast various Indiana Trial Rules with various Indiana Rules of Civil procedure.
- Compare and contrast various Federal Trial Rules with various Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
- Prepare a trial notebook that includes the ability to draft and explain the following:
- Intake Client Information Sheet
- Checklist and Intake Memorandum
- Internal Memorandum
- Complaint
- Answer
- Counterclaim
- Discovery
- Deposition Summary
- Motion of Summary Judgment
- Exhibit Summary List
- Trial Brief
- Jury Instruction
- Notice of Appeal
- Schedule an index deposition.
- Summarize the purpose of calendaring.
- Explain the time limitation for the filing of and/or responding to various pleadings, motions and requests.
- Explain and justify the order of presentation of various witnesses
- Explain and justify the order of presentation of various trial exhibits
- Critiqued various types of technology available to assist with the litigation process
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Indiana Rules of Evidence
- Trial Notebook
- Depositions
- Calendaring
- Technology
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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