LEI 205 - Civil Practice (W)

3 Credit(s)

Required course for bachelor’s and associate’s degrees; general legal certificate program; legal certificate programs with concentrations in corporate law, estate administration, health law, and litigation; and the legal nurse consultant certificate.
An examination of civil practice and procedure beginning with the filing of a complaint and extending through discovery, pretrial motions, trial, post-trial motions, and appeal. Emphasis is placed on course of action, time limitations, case investigations, purposes of motions, depositions, settlements and dismissals. This is a legal specialty course. This is a writing enriched course.
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Law or Introduction to Legal Nurse Consultant.