Federal Civil Discovery (659-1)

Instructors

Sunil R Harjani
773 426 2392
219 South Dearborn Chicago, IL 60604
Office Hours: By appointment

Meeting Info

Rubloff Building 180: Thurs 4:10PM - 7:10PM

Overview of class

The seminar will be led by United States Magistrate Judge Sunil Harjani, along with a group of adjunct professors drawn from a variety of litigation practices in Chicago. Each student will be assigned a role as attorney for the plaintiff or defendant. This class will particularly benefit students contemplating a litigation practice after graduation. Class sessions will involve both a lecture presentation from a faculty member on a discovery topic, and a breakout session in which students will gain experience in drafting discovery requests and responses, taking and defending mock depositions, and preparing and arguing motions on issues that litigators regularly confront, such as on electronic discovery preservation and document production. The breakout sessions will be taught by the group of adjuncts and they will rotate throughout the semester.

Each student will be designated an ""A"" or a ""B"" for the purposes of the assignments. You will retain your designation for the entire semester. The exercise for this class will be drawn from the Taylor v Pinnacle Packaging case file. Students designated as ""A's"" will always represent Taylor. Students designated as ""B's"" will always represent Pinnacle Packaging. There will be an early add/drop deadline to facilitate the creation of litigation teams."

Class Attributes

First Class Attendance Required
Satisfies Prof Writing degree req
Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: MSL Students are not eligible to enroll
Add Consent: Department Consent Required
Drop Consent: Department Consent Required