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Evidence

Course Description

This course, offered as both a first year day elective and an upper division elective, is a study of the problems of proof in civil and criminal trials, including coverage of the important rules of evidence and the impact of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The manner of examining witnesses and presenting evidence is considered, and the effects of such sometimes inconsistent goals as the presentation of all important, relevant information to the trier of fact and the exclusion of evidence on grounds such as unreliability, privilege and undue prejudice are examined. In the four-credit section, offered at the discretion of the Associate Dean, the subject matter is examined more intensively.

For spring offerings, seniors have enrollment priority.

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: 62261

  • Summer '24
  • 3
  • 108
  • Mon, Wed: 6:00-9:00

  • Lawrence Fletcher-Hill

  • 30 openings. (Limit 40).

  • 578F

  • Sklansky/Roth, Evidence: Cases, Commentary, and Problems, Fifth Edition , Wolters Kluwer , 2020

    ISBN: 9781543804577

    Print or digital version is fine.

    Recommended/Optional: Sklansky/Roth, 2023 Federal and California Rules of Evidence Supplement , Wolters Kluwer , 2023

    ISBN: 9798889062387

    This is purely optional. You must have the current Federal Rules of Evidence, with the Advisory Committee Notes, but they are available from multiple sources, including free online. This Supplement is one source if you want a print copy.

CRN: 98212

  • Fall '24
  • 3
  • 107
  • Mon: 1:05-3:05
    Wed: 2:10-3:05

    Day

  • David Gray

  • Waitlisted. (Limit 60). Non-senior Preference

  • 578b

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    George Fisher, Evidence--4th Edition , West Academic , 2023

    ISBN: 9781640201606

    Recommended/Optional: George Fisher, Federal Rules of Evidence 2024 Statutory and Case Supplement to Fisher's Evidence, 4th , West Academic , Book

    ISBN: 9798892090445

    Recommended/Optional: Robert Glicksman et al., Stay Ahead of the Pack: Your Comprehensive Guide to the Upper Level Curriculum (2nd Edition, 2024) , West Academic , Paperback Book

    This book is optional. Multiple copies are available in the library.

CRN: 99096

  • Fall '24
  • 3
  • 205
  • Mon: 5:25-6:20
    Wed: 4:20-6:20

    Twilight

  • Andrew Levy

  • 8 openings. (Limit 50). Non-senior Preference

  • 578f

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Fisher, George, Evidence (4th) , Foundation , Hardcover 2023

    ISBN: 9781640201606

    Make sure you get 4th edition; prior editions are not acceptable.

    Recommended/Optional: Sandler & Archibald, Model Witness Examinations (5th) , ABA , Softcover 2023

    ISBN: 9781639052738

CRN: 29250

  • Spring '25
  • 3
  • 107
  • Tues: 12:00-2:00
    Thurs: 12:00-12:55

    Day

  • Amanda C. Pustilnik

  • Enrollment Limit: 60

CRN: 27872

  • Spring '25
  • 3
  • 205
  • Thurs: 6:30-9:35

    Evening

  • Amanda C. Pustilnik

  • Enrollment Limit: 50