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Law 11 - Civil Litigation – Section #3302
Hybrid Class meets on campus weekly - Thursday, 6:50 - 8:15 pm, CMS 005
Professor Deborah Zexter - Activities - Textbooks
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You cannot login to your etudes class until 2/8/15
Instructor: Deborah Zexter, Attorney at Law
Office: N/A
Office hours: Before and after class and by appointment
Email: dzexter@yahoo.com
Etudes site http://etudes.org
Textbook: Fundamentals of California Litigation for Paralegals, 5th ed.
Marlene A. Maerowitz, Thomas A. Mauet
ISBN: ISBN-10: 1454816546 | ISBN-13: 978-1454816546| Edition: 5
order at LAMC Bookstore (click here) or on Amazon (click here) - see http://lamission.edu/law/textbooks
Calendar http://duedates.pbworks.com.
A = 90% or above
B = 80% or above
C = 70% or above
D = 60% or above
A grade of C or greater is required to pass the class
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Course Description: Study of civil and criminal procedures. Emphasis is on parties and jurisdiction, pleadings, discovery, pre-trial and trial preparation, appeal, enforcement of judgments, and alternative dispute resolution.
Below are the Tests from your textbook
Test # A - Chapter 1: Introduction to Litigation
Test # B -Chapter 2: Informal Fact Gathering and Investigation
Test # C -Chapter 3: Case Evaluation and Strategy
Test # D -Chapter 4: Parties and Jurisdiction
Test # E -Chapter 5: Pleadings & Chapter 6 - Complaints, Answers, and Cross Claims & Chapter 7 - Special Pleadings
Test # F -Chapter 8: Introduction to Motions
Test # G -Chapter 9 Motions Attacking the Pleadings & Chapter 10 Summary Judgments
Test # H -Chapter 11: Provisional Remedies
Test # I -Chapter 12: Evidence
Test # J -Chapter 13: Introduction to Discovery, Chapter 14 Written Discovery, and Chapter 15 Depositions
Test # K -Chapter 16: Settlements
Test # L -Chapter 17: Trial Preparation, Trial, and Appeal
Test # M -Chapter 18: Enforcement of Judgments
Test # N -Chapter 19: Alternative Dispute Resolution
ISBN: ISBN-10: 1454816546 | ISBN-13: 978-1454816546| Edition: 5
order at LAMC Bookstore (click here) or on Amazon (click here)
Calendar http://duedates.pbworks.com
Distribution of Grades
Tests 50% of your grade
Assignments 50 % of your grade
Class Participation - 10%
A = 90% or above
B = 80% or above
C = 70% or above
D = 60% or above
A grade of C or greater is required to pass the class
Week 1 - 2/12/15
Week 2/19/15
Week 3 - 2/26/15
- Read Chapter 2 - Informal Fact Gathering and Investigation -http://profj.us/26sp/law11/outlinech2.htm
- #2 - Read and Analyze elements necessary to prove slip and fall Alcaraz case - analyze Alcaraz -headnotes-summary
- Test #A Chapter 1 - Introduction to Litigation
Week 4 - 3/5/15
- Read Chapter 3 - Case Evaluation & Strategy
- #3 Prepare Slip and Fall Lawsuit - Alcaraz v. Vece Case
- Test #B - Chapter 2 - Information Fact Gathering & Investigation
Week 5 - 3/19/15
- Read Chapter 4 - Parties and Jurisdiction
- #4 Draft and Submit Dogbite Case
- Test #C - Chapter 3 - Case Evaluation & Strategy
Week 6 - 3/26/15
- Read Chapter 5 Pleadings
- #5 Case Evaluation and Pleading
- Test D - Chapter 4 - Parties & Jurisdiction
Week 7 - 3/29/15
- Read Chapter 6 Complaints, Answers and Cross Complaints
- Read Chapter 7 Special Pleadings
- #6 Analyze Landmark Jurisdiction cases
- Test #E - Chapter 5 - Pleadings,Chapter 6 - Complaints, Answers & Cross Claims, and Chapter 7 - Special Pleadings
Week 8 - 4/2/15
- Read Chapter 8 Introduction to Motions
- #7 Pleadings Discussion
- Test #F - Chapter 8 - Introduction to Motions
- Spring Break 4/6/ - 4/12
Week 9 - 4/16/15
- Read Chapter 9 - Motions Attacking the Pleading
- Read Chapter 10 - Summary Judgments
- #8 Practice Preparing your own motion
- Test G - Chapter 9 - Motions Attacking the Pleadings, and Chapter 10 - Summary Judgments
Week 10 - 4/23/5
- Read Chapter 11 Provisional Remedies
- #9 Submit your Demurrer
- Test H - Chapter 11 - Provisional Remedies
Week 11 - 4/30/15
- Read Chapter 12 - Evidence
- #10 Discuss Problems with the TRO in the Gallo vs. Acuno case
- #11 Submit your five (5) Interrogatories
- Test I - Chapter 12 - Evidence
Week 12 - 5/7/15
- Read Chapter 13 - Introduction to Discovery
- Read Chapter 14 - Written Discovery
- Read Chapter 15 - Depositions
- #12 Calendaring and Fast Track
- #13 Review Settlement Conference Brief and answer questions
- Test #J - Chapter 13 - Introduction to Discovery, Chapter 14 - Written Discovery, Chapter15 - Depositions
Week 13 - 5/14/15
- Read Chapter 16 - Settlements
- #14 Getting Ready for Trial
#15 Draft a Request to Produce Documents
- Test #K - Chapter 16 - Settlements
Week 14 - 5/21/15
- Read Chapter 17 - Trial Preparation, Trial, and Appeal
- #16 Prepare a Trial Chart
- #17 Prepare a Release
- Test L - Chapter 17 - Trial Preparation, Trial and Appeal
Week 15 - 5/28/15
- Read Chapter 18 Enforcement of Judgments
- #18 Enforce a Judgment
- Test M - Chapter 18 - Enforcement of Judgments
Week 16 - 6/4/15
- Read Chapter 19 Alternative Dispute Resolution
- #19 Prepare a Demand for Arbitration - AAA
- Test N - Chapter 19 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Please note that a grade of C or higher is required for each of the 12 paralegal certificate classes.
Course Organization: Law 1I is organized into assignments, quizzes, and forum discussions.
Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
1. Brief law cases in Civil Litigation including civil procedures in the State of California, and Federal, court mediation and arbitration, and motions, demurrers, and pleadings.
2. Critically analyze and argue issues of Civil Litigation including the above matters listed in #1.
3. Prepare legal documents, forms or papers for initiating a lawsuit, various motions including Motion to Dismiss, and Motion for Summary Judgment, interrogatories, requests for admissions, and other discovery devices, and a Mandatory Settlement Conference Statement, and Trial Brief.
Skill Level: College level reading and writing; ability to access the internet. Necessary skills include proficiency using a word processing program, including spell checker, using a web browser, sending and receiving email, saving documents as RTFs (rich text format), uploading and attaching documents.
Estimated Time per Week: 5-6 hours on line (see Carnegie Rule)
Class format: The class is not entirely online. Campus meetings are required. . We use the Etudes Course Management system Carefully read our policies.
The class follows a weekly format. If you click on Assignments/tests in Etudes you will you will see the weekly assignments, quizzes, forums and activities. There are many opportunities for you to participate and earn points to attain a good grade. Most assignments will be handed into me in class. We will also work on the assignments in class.
Hybrid classes require your attention and effort. If you fail to log into the class during the first two weeks you will be excluded from the class. There are activities and assignments each week; you will need to log into the class several times a week.
To be a successful online/hybrid student, you need to do schedule a regular time for studying, read and complete on line activities, and more.
Technical Requirements: The minimum computer requirements are: Computer, either a Macintosh or IBM compatible; modem, minimum 28.8, broadband or high speed internet access is preferred and is required to view the videos. Software: Web browser software, preferably Firefox 3.5 , Chrome, or Internet Explorer 8, an e-mail address and a word processing program.
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Students who do not have regular computer access may use computers in the campus Learning Resource Center. Be sure to save all your papers and assignments on a flash drive.
Course Login: http://etudes.org
Contacting Your Instructor: I check my email several times a day and respond to emails within 24 hours. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions; email me at: dzexter@yahoo.com in the subject line put: Law 11 #3302. I am also available before and after class and by appointment.
Class Meeting Discussions
You are expected to be prepared for class each week. Please follow the syllabus.
EXPECTATIONS FOR WRITTEN WORK:
VOCABULARY - You are expected to read and understand the material presented in the assigned text and articles you locate.
FORMAT - Papers submitted should be written in accordance with the APA, Bluebook, or other recognized formatting style.
GRAMMAR - Use active voice in your writing. Also use the spelling and grammar check feature of your Word Processor before submitting your papers.
Homework Assignments: Assignments require you to read and brief law cases. Read the information on"briefing law cases".
Students who plagiarize will receive zero credit on the assignment.
Late Assignments Our "Late Work" Policy is firm.
Dropping your class/Exclusion: See important dates for the last day to drop the class with a "W"
College regulations state that a student may be excluded from a course following accumulation of absences equal to a week of course work. The 12th week of class is the last date a student may drop a class with a "W". (or the 8th week in a "Late Start" class). Thereafter, the student must receive a grade in the class.
If a student has a accumulated score of 50 or below in the 12th week (or the 8th week in a "late Start" class) , it is deemed that the student has accumulated absences in excess of a week of course work, and the instructor MAY, but is NOT required to DROP the student from class, with or without notice. It is the sole responsibility of the student, and not the instructor, to drop the class.
In addition, students who fail to login and post their introduction to class within the first (ten) days of class may be dropped from their online class.
Reasonable Accommodation: For students requiring accommodation the DSPS office provides special assistance in areas like: registering for courses, specialized tutoring, note-taking, mobility assistance, special instruction, testing assistance, special equipment, special materials, instructor liaisons, community referrals, and job placement. The phone number for the Office of Students with Disabled Student Programs and Services is: (818) 364-7732 and also their website at http://lamission.edu/dsps
Check Academic Calendar For Important Dates
Website opens Sunday 2/8/15 @ 8 am
Last day to Drop classes with a “W” - Letter grade is required after this date and forward - check specified date in the Academic Calendar
If you stop attending a class (or wish to drop a class), YOU MUST DROP THE CLASS YOURSELF ONLINE– OFFICIALLY . Failure to do so may result in a grade of “F” in that class.
Admission Regular Office Hours (Subject to change) Monday and Thursday – 8am-5pm Tuesday and Wednesday – 8am-7pm Friday – 8am-12noon
New 3 Repeat Rule
IMPORTANT NOTICE
All Students Please Read
Beginning Summer 2012: New 3 Repeat Rule
EFFECTIVE SUMMER 2012, course withdrawal (“W”) or a substandard grade (“D,” “F,” or “NP”) count as an attempt at a course. Only three attempts at any one course will be allowed, with some exceptions. Listed below are the new rules that all students need to know about.
• Students who drop or are excluded after the last day to drop without a grade of “W” will have a “W” appear on their transcript. The “W” will count as an attempt for that course.
• For the Falll 2013 semester, September 8, 2013 is the last day to drop a 16-week semester length class without a “W.” Students will be able to drop a class online until this date. Contact the office of Admissions and Records for deadlines on late start, short-term and special program classes.
• A course in a student’s transcript which currently shows a recorded “W” counts as an attempt for that course.
• Students will not be allowed to register for any course within the LACCD if there are three recorded attempts for that course in any combination of W, D, F, or NP grades.
• Add permits for a course within the LACCD will not be processed if there are three recorded attempts for that course in any combination of W, D, F, or NP grades.
• For courses specifically designated as “repeatable,” students may repeat up to three times (See Title 5 California Code of Regulations sections 55040, 55041, 58161).
• Where the student’s number of enrollments in a course exceeds the allowable amount, the student may petition for an additional enrollment in cases of extenuating circumstances.
What students should do:
• Be sure you are academically ready for classes you enroll in.
• If you must drop a course, drop before the specifi ed deadline for dropping a class without a grade of “W.”
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
If you require special accommodations for a disability, religious holiday, or any other reason please inform your instructor(s) within the first week of the course and we will accommodate you if at all possible. For accommodations due to disability, you must consult with the Disabled Students Programs and Services Office after which we will abide by their recommendations.
COLLEGE RESOURCES FOR LAMC STUDENTS
Student Services - http://lamission.edu/de/student-services
Updated: 2/12/15
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