Civil Litigation
Credits: 3
Course Number: 10-110-102
Course Description
10-110-102 CIVIL LITIGATION ...exploration of the civil litigation process; jurisdiction and venue; evaluating facts, causes of action and defenses; statutory requirements and considerations for drafting pleadings, motions and supporting documents and discovery; service of process; ethical issues and the paralegal's role in civil litigation practice. (Associate Degree Prerequisite: 10-110-101, Paralegal Intro/Legal Ethics with a "C" or better; Technical Diploma Corequisite: 10-110-101, Paralegal Intro/Legal Ethics)
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What will I learn?
- Outline the civil litigation process.
- Determine jurisdiction and venue.
- Evaluate facts, causes of action and defenses.
- Explore statutory requirements and considerations for drafting pleadings
- Explore the different methods of service of process
- Explore statutory requirements and considerations for drafting motions and supporting documents
- Describe the methods of civil discovery
- Explore statutory requirements and considerations for drafting discovery documents
- Draft Wisconsin appellate documents
- Describe ethical issues commonly arising in a civil litigation practice.
- Describe the function of a paralegal in a civil litigation law practice.