PLG 2140

3 Credits

Trial Preparation

Prerequisites: PLG 2120, PLG 2130

Corequisites: PLG 2150 and one Special Topics course from either PLG 2601-9 or PLG 2611-2.

This course covers the activities the legal assistant undertakes prior to and during a trial. The student will be expected to outline depositions, prepare witness lists and exhibit lists, prepare witnesses, prepare exhibits for use in trial and prepare jury questionnaires. The student also will be expected to take notes at trial through the use of an actual case in law. As the final course project the student is expected to produce a trial notebook which includes all of the above materials. The student also will study the ethical considerations related to trial preparation. Course/lab fees.