LAW 5881 - Pre-Trial Litigation Practice

Credit(s): 2
Prerequisite(s): Senior Only. Evidence; Trial Advocacy.
Students cannot take this course and LAW 5826 or LAW 5827. Exclusive emphasis on the pretrial phase of the litigation process: (1) drafting of pleadings and pretrial motions; (2) discovery issues; (3) preparation and use of expert witnesses; and (4) pretrial conference and pretrial order. LAW 5883 Business Transactions Workshop (2) This is an introductory business transactions course focused on teamwork lawyering responsibilities a graduate might be called upon to meet during the early years of a practice representing business clients. Students will be assigned to law firms in which they will represent either the buyer or seller of a small business. They will interview clients, review financial reports and business plans and negotiate the terms of a contract transferring a business to new owners, and financing of the transfer, draft the appropriate contract and legal opinion documents, plan for and execute a closing of the transaction. Completion of or concurrent enrollment in the basic Business Associations and Secured Transactions courses is a prerequisite, (which may be waived by the instructor.) Guest lectures will be arranged to consider the accounting, commercial, corporate, taxation, financing, insurance, regulatory and other appropriate legal considerations which will influence the completed transaction.