Courses@Boalt
NOTE: Course offerings change. Classes offered this semester may not be offered in future semesters.245.2 sec. 1 - Civil Trial Practice (Fall 2011)
Instructor: Mary Pat Dooley (view instructor's teaching evaluations)
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Units: 3
Meeting Time: W 6:25-9:05
Meeting Location: 140
Course Start: August 24, 2011
Course End: November 21, 2011
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49676
This is a basic trial advocacy skills course, focusing on factual and legal preparation for trial, evidence and evidentiary objections, introduction of exhibits, direct examination, cross-examination, opening statements, closing arguments, and courtroom communication skills. Class sessions consists of weekly student performances of trial exercises, and a lecture on a trial component. There will be assigned reading and videotape viewing outside of class. The course culminates in a half-day jury trial. This class is NOT suitable for those who have already completed a similar class on trial skills.
INSTRUCTOR:
Mary Pat Dooley has been teaching trial advocacy classes at Boalt Hall Law School since 1999. She is presently a judicial staff attorney for the Honorable Carol Corrigan at the California Supreme Court. After clerking in federal district court following law school, she was a prosecutor for more than ten years with the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, and was a litigation associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco. She has been a faculty member with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) since 1996.
Prerequisites:
While completion of Evidence or concurrent enrollment in Evidence is not required, it is highly recommended.
This course satisfies the Skills Requirement.
Exam Notes: T
Course Category: Advocacy Skills Courses
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Readers:
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Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Dixon v. Providential Life Insurance Case File
Stein and Rothschild
Edition: Technology Case File
Publisher: NITA
ISBN: 9781556817199
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: $35.00
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Folletts prices are unavailable at this time. - Modern Trial Advocacy, Law School Edition
Steven Lubet
Edition: Fourth edition
Publisher: NITA
ISBN: 9781601561411
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 65.00
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time.
