E. Sw*ft

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Civil Justice Workshop (S. B*ndy, E. Sw*ft)

This seminar will provide students with the opportunity to discuss advanced topics in the law of civil procedure, federal courts, complex civil litigation, and evidence. Each week, an invited scholar will present a published article or work in progress for analysis and discussion. In preparation for the class meeting with the invited speaker, there will be a one hour class session with the instructors focused on the same paper or article.

A list of the invited speakers will soon be posted on a class website. The speakers will be among the most stimulating and innovative civil litigation scholars from law schools throughout the U.S. Their papers and articles will cover a wide range of challenging and timely issues in the administration of civil justice.

Evidence, Spring 2008 (E. Sw*ft)

This course covers the basic topics in evidence law through analysis of the Federal Rules of Evidence. In class, we focus on “problems” as well as case law. Topics to be covered include relevance, the trial process, laying the foundation for real evidence, competency and examinations of witnesses, hearsay and other rules of exclusions, and lay and expert opinions. Discussion of allocating decision-making authority among judge, jury, and adversaries, and between trial and appellate courts, will occur throughout. Class participation is required.