GUIDE TO LITIGATION-RELATED COURSES AND PROGRAMS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY MAURER SCHOOL OF LAW

Litigation guru: Prof. J. A. Tanford

last updated 11/13/12

Within each category, courses are listed in the approximate order of importance to general litigation practice. The order is the subjective opinion of Prof. Tanford, and is not any kind of official law school opinion. Not all courses are offered every year.

A. Pretrial Procedure (civil)

Pretrial Litigation
Advanced Civil Procedure
Negotiation
Community Legal Clinic
Student Legal Services Externship
Indiana Legal Services Externship
Federal Courts Clinic
Federal Jurisdiction
Mediation
Family and Children Mediation Clinic

B. Pretrial Procedure (criminal)

Criminal Law Externship
Criminal Process: Investigation
Comprehensive Criminal Procedure

C. Trial Procedure: Further information available on Prof. Tanford's litigation home page

Evidence
Trial Advocacy
Advanced Trial Practice
Trial Competition
Patent Trial Practice
Public Speaking
Student Legal Services Externship
Criminal Procedure: Trial

D. Other Types of Litigation

Labor and Employment Arbitration
Disability Law Clinic
Advanced Environmental Law & Practice
Patent Prosecution
Conservation Law Clinic
Lawyering in the Public Interest
Securities Litigation
Immigration Practicum

E. Appellate Procedure

Appellate Advocacy
Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition
Advanced Appellate Advocacy

F. Substantive courses in areas of law in which litigation is common

Civil Rights Statutes
Family law
Federal Criminal Law
Sales
Poverty Law
Employment Discrimination
Products Liability
Bankruptcy
Advanced Bankruptcy
Remedies
Labor Law
Antitrust
Insurance
Representing the State
Race and the Law
Constitutional Law II
Survey Intellectual Property
Patent Law
Copyright Law
Entertainment Law
Internet Law
Introduction to Environmental Law
Immigration Law