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Civil Trial Advocacy

Course Number: 10110103
Credits: 3.00

Course Description

10-110-103 CIVIL TRIAL ADVOCACY ...apply skills introduced in Civil Litigation 10-110-102, including organizing and managing a civil litigation matter; drafting pleadings, discovery requests and responses; summarizing and abstracting discovery responses and evidence; and compiling a trial notebook. (Prerequisites: 10-801-136, English Composition 1; 10-110-101, Paralegal Intro/Legal Ethics with a "C" or better; 10-110-102, Civil Litigation)

Course Typically Offered

  • Spring

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Credit for Prior Learning

Course Competencies

  1. Organize and manage a civil litigation matter.
  2. Draft civil pleadings
  3. Draft civil discovery requests
  4. Draft responses to civil discovery requests.
  5. Summarize and abstract responses to civil discovery requests
  6. Detect potential evidentiary challenges
  7. Prepare evidence for trial
  8. Compile a trial notebook
  9. Participate in a mock trial as a member of a collaborative litigation team