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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 6-23-09 |
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LAS110
2009 Fall - 9999 |
LEC |
3.0 Credit(s) |
3.0 Period(s) |
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Civil
Procedures II |
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Application
of the procedural aspects of discovery, trial preparation, and post-trial
work as part of a litigation team. Emphasis on practical concerns, such as
interviewing of witnesses; preparation of discovery documents, exhibits, and
transmittal memoranda; summarizing and indexing depositions; organization of
files; preparation of trial notebooks; and participation in a mock trial. Prerequisites: LAS109 and (BPC110 or
permission of Department Chair or program Director). |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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LAS110 2009
Fall - 9999 |
Civil Procedures II |
1. Describe
the role of the different members of the litigation team. (I)
2. Locate
and apply the court rules of civil procedure dealing with trial and post-trial
discovery issues in both the
3. Interview
witnesses. (II)
4. Prepare
commonly used discovery documents. (III)
5. Summarize
and index depositions. (IV)
6. Prepare
Exhibits for Electronic Presentation at and Participate in a Mock Trial (V)
7. Describe
various legal remedies. (VI)
8. Prepare
a trial notebook. (VII)
9. Describe
basic evidentiary problems. (VIII)
10. Describe
the various forms of post-judgment relief. (IX)
11. Describe
the issues regarding reviewability. (X)
12. Identify
court orders that constitute final judgments. (XI)
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LAS110 2009
Fall - 9999 |
Civil Procedures II |
I. Litigation
Team Roles
A. Lawyers
B. Paralegals
C. Legal
secretaries
D. Project/document
clerks
II. Interviewing
Witnesses
A.
Hostile
B. Friendly
C. Expert
III.
Discovery
A. Mandatory
disclosure
B. Interrogatories
C. Answers
to interrogatories
D. Requests
for admissions
E. Requests
for production of documents
F. Independent
medical evaluations
G. Notices
of deposition
H. Subpoenas
duces tecum
I. Limits
on discovery
J. Pretrial
conference
IV. Summarizing And
Indexing Depositions
A. Methods
used to summarize depositions
B. Indexing
systems
C. Transmittal
memoranda
V. Preparing
and Presenting Exhibits Electronically
A. Use
of presentation software
B. Use
of document cameras
C. Controlling
evidence displays at Court’s instructions
VI. Remedies
A. Damages
B. Injunction
C. Mandamus
VII. Preparation Of Trial Notebook
A.
Complaint
and pleadings
B. Deposition
summaries
C. Exhibits
D.
Jury
instructions
VIII. Evidentiary Problems
A. Privilege
B. Confidentiality
C. Best-evidence
rule
D. Parole-evidence
rule
E.
Hearsay
F. Hearsay
exceptions
IX. Postjudgment Relief
A. Motion
for new trial
B. Motion
for judgment notwithstanding the verdict
C. Appeal
D. Petition
for review
E. Writ
of certiorari
X. Reviewability
A. Findings
of fact by trial court
B. Conclusions
of law by trial court
C. Standards
of review
XI. Final
Judgment
A. Determining
whether court order is final judgment
B. Determining
enforceability of court order