Civil Litigation: Process and Procedures
Thomas F. Goldman, Bucks County Community College
Alice Hughes, Bucks County Community College

ISBN-10: 0131598678
ISBN-13: 9780131598676

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 528 pp
Published: 04/03/2008

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For courses in Civil Litigation Processes and Procedures.  

 

Focusing on the complete litigation process, this book gives students the entire picture of civil litigation from client interview to trial to collecting on a judgment. With a unique focus on technology, it devotes a separate chapter to electronic discovery, addresses changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and includes educational demonstration software from leading vendors.  Each chapter offers features that show how the civil litigation process works and ends with assignments that develop important critical thinking and procedural skills. A civil litigation video series is available on DVD and includes forty-four segments dealing with practice, procedures and ethical issues in the civil litigation field.

For courses in Civil Litigation Processes and Procedures.  Focusing on the complete litigation process, this book gives students the entire picture of civil litigation from client interview to trial to collecting on a judgment. With a unique focus on technology, it devotes a separate chapter to electronic discovery, addresses changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and includes educational demonstration software from leading vendors.  Each chapter offers features that show how the civil litigation process works and ends with assignments that develop important critical thinking and procedural skills. A civil litigation video series is available on DVD and includes forty-four segments dealing with practice, procedures and ethical issues in the civil litigation field.

 

Special Learning Features:

 

Includes real-world features throughout each chapter such as:

·        Civil litigation team at work–chapter openers show how a civil litigation law firm works

·        MEET THE COURTHOUSE TEAM–boxes present profiles of important personnel within the judicial system and the paralegal profession.

·        advice from the field articles–feature professional advice straight from the experts on interviewing skills, developing your portfolio, professional development, handling clients and more.

·        paralegal checklists–presents checklists that help students track their personal progress as well as class and job details.

·        practice tips–highlight suggestions from experienced trial practitioners to help ease the transition from theory to practice.

·        ethical prerspectives boxes–raise students awareness of ethical issues encountered by the legal team and direct the students to resources to resolve those issues.

·        In the words of the court–offer edited portions of opinions of the United States Supreme Court that state the legal principal described in the text, thereby exposing students to legal writing and reasoning.

 

 

Hallmark Features

 

Focuses on understanding the litigation process–and includes a complete set of documents that follows a case from interview and investigation through trial and post trial activity.

·        Reinforces how litigation is a process not a single event.

 

Addresses electronic discovery and court rules–see Ch. 12.

·        Covers the changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and explains the process and issues facing the litigation team in electronic discovery.

 

Discusses the latest advancements in technology–and how current technology impacts the practice of law.

·        Introduces various types of application programs and how they are used in civil litigation today.

·        Includes exercises designed to give you hands-on experience using the software.

 

Focuses on how to handle ethical situations in civil litigation–by including national and individual states’ codes of legal ethics and Professional Responsibility, ethical perspectives boxes and ethics related video segments.

·        Builds a strong foundational understanding of the ethical principles that apply to the members of the legal team in actual practice.

 

Develops critical thinking and procedural skills–through end-of-chapter material and hands-on applications such as:   

·        Review Questions an Exercises

·        Internet and Technology Exercises

·        Workplace Scenario Case Study Exercises

·        Continuing Case Study Exercises

·        Civil Litigation Portfolio Exercises

 

Includes video segments, media and software to support each chapter–see the following:

·        Civil Litigation Video Series on DVD–44 scenario-based video segments dealing with practice, procedures and ethical issues in civil litigation practice.

·        Student Resources DVD: Educational Demonstration DVD–includes educational demonstration software from leading commercial vendors and features programs such as AbacusLaw; LexisNexis CaseMap & TimeMap, Concordance, SmartDraw and Sanction.

·        Student Companion Website–available at www.prenhall.com/goldman

·        CourseConnect Online Civil Litigation Course–contains customizable modules of content and can run on any commercial platform such as WebCT, BlackBoard, Angel or eCollege.

Table of Contents

 

1.      The Paralegal in Civil Litigation

2.      Technology in Civil Litigation

3.      The Court System

4.      Client Interviews and Investigation in Civil Litigation

5.      Organizing and Managing Civil Litigation

6.      Electronic Research

7.      Evidence

8.      Settlement and Alternative Dispute Resolution

9.      Pleadings: Complaint, Summons, and Service

10.  Pleadings: Responses to Complaint

11.  Introduction to Discovery

12.  Issues in Electronic Discovery

13.  Interrogatories and Request for Production

14.  Depositions

15.  Other Forms of Discovery

16.  Trial Preparation—Post Discovery to Pretrial

17.  Trial

18.  The Electronic Courtroom and Trial Presentation

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