241 sec. 002 - Evidence (Fall 2025)
Instructor: Mai Linh Spencer (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only)
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meeting:
WTh 2:10 PM - 3:25 PM
Location: Law 132
From August 20, 2025
To November 20, 2025
Course End: November 20, 2025
Class Number: 32019
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 69
Waitlisted: 18
Enroll Limit: 81
As of: 07/22 09:13 PM
This course will examine the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE), as well as related common-law and constitutional doctrine. Topics include: relevance; character evidence; impeachment and rehabilitation; hearsay; expert and lay opinion witnesses; and privileges. The instructor, Mai Linh Spencer [https://www.uclawsf.edu/people/mai-linh-spencer/], is an experienced practitioner and a Clinical Professor at UC Law SF, where she teaches Evidence and the Individual Representation Clinic.
Professor Spencer uses live polling and other formative assessment methods to maximize both classroom learning and the skill of self-development. She encourages a growth mindset in the study of Evidence (and law school generally) and strives to achieve classroom equity. Time permitting, the class will incorporate experiential learning techniques. The final exam will be in-class, closed-book, 3 hours; it will consist of multiple choice and a bar-style essay.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
Exam Notes: (F) In-class Final Exam
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Exam Length: 3 hours
Course Category: Litigation and Procedure
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Books:
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- Merritt and Simmons's Learning Evidence: from the Federal Rules to the Courtroom, 5th
Deborah Jones Merritt (‡e author), Ric Simmons
Edition: 5th
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9781684675784
e-Book Available: unknown
Price: To Be Determined