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Civil Procedure

Course Description

Civil Procedure is the study of the constitutional framework as well as the formal modes for processing disputes in federal courts. The course examines the basic concepts of power, fairness, and adjudication (both formal systems and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms), including the relationship between state and federal courts, the nature and roles of the judge, the parties and the attorneys in our adversary system, and the interplay between the efficacy of the rules and the administration of justice. The course exposes students to the role procedure plays in the development of substantive law and prepares them for the procedural issues that arise throughout the curriculum.

Current and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 98395

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 460
  • Mon: 9:50-11:50
    Wed: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Tiffany Yang

  • 0 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

  • 527a

  • A. Benjamin Spencer, Civil Procedure, A Contemporary Approach (6th Edition) , West Academic

    ISBN: 9781684675494

    Please feel free to rent or purchase a used casebook (so long as it is the correct edition!) if that is your preference. The online assessment tools in the digital CasebookPlus platform that accompanies new purchases will not be part of the course.

    Michigan Legal Publishing Ltd., Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2024 Edition) with statutory supplement, Quick Desk Reference Version (green cover) , Print (2024 edition)

    ISBN: 9781640021440

    Only the print version is authorized by the professor for use in this course. Do not buy an e-book version.

    Please purchase the printed Quick Desk Reference version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2024 edition (the shorter version with the green cover). Do NOT purchase the longer version with the purple cover that includes the full advisory committee notes.

CRN: 98396

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 460
  • Tues: 9:50-11:50
    Thurs: 1:05-3:05

    Day

  • Jeff Sovern

  • 0 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

  • 527a

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Joel Wm. Friedman & Michael G. Collins, The Law of Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials, 6th ed. 2023 , West Academic

    ISBN: 978-1-68467-585-2

    You must also purchase the CasebookPlus that comes with the book, if it is not automatically provided.

    Recommended/Optional: Glannon, Jeff, Examples and Explanations: Civil Procedure 9th Edition , Aspen , 2023

    ISBN: 9781543839333

    Recommended/Optional: Mullenix, Linda, Civil Procedure Objective ExamPro 3rd Edition , West Academic , 2016

    ISBN: 9781634606837

CRN: 98979

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 205
  • Mon: 1:05-3:05
    Wed: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Natalie Ram

  • 0 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

  • 527a

  • Rowe, Sherry & Tidmarsh, Civil Procedure, 5th , University Casebook Series , CasebookPlus Hardbound 2020

    ISBN: 9781684676590

    The Rowe, Sherry & Tidmarsh book is required for this course, as is access to the CasebookPlus Learning Library. You may purchase EITHER the hardbound or ebook CasebookPlus version, or the standalone CasebookPlus Learning Library if you buy a used book.

    Recommended/Optional: Rowe, Sherry & Tidmarsh, Civil Procedure, 5th , University Casebook Series , CasebookPlus eBook 2020

    ISBN: 9781684676606

    The Rowe, Sherry & Tidmarsh book is required for this course, as is access to the CasebookPlus Learning Library. You may purchase EITHER the hardbound or ebook CasebookPlus version, or the standalone CasebookPlus Learning Library if you buy a used book.

    Recommended/Optional: Rowe, Sherry & Tidmarsh, Civil Procedure Learning Library ONLY

    ISBN: 9781684676620

    Use this ISBN **only** if you have purchased a used casebook (which I recommend!). This item contains only access to the CasebookPlus online learning library.

CRN: 98937

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 108
  • Tues: 6:30-8:30
    Thurs: 6:30-8:30

    Evening

  • J. Mark Coulson

  • 2 openings. (Limit 30). First Year Evening

  • 527e

  • Subin, Minow, Brodin, Main, Lahav, Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice and Context (7th Ed.) , Aspen , 2024

    ISBN: 979-8-8890-6179-3

    Either hardcopy or electronic version is acceptable