LAW608
Advocacy
(Kelly & Kirk)
Prerequisite courses: LAW453 Evidence required, LAW452 Civil Procedure recommended
Prerequisite for:
Instructor(s): Liam Kelly and Michael Kirk
Course credit: 3
Maximum enrollment: 20
Method of presentation: Lecture/seminar/other
METHOD OF EVALUATION:
55% Oral Advocacy Exercises
30% Class participation
15% Written Advocacy
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will focus on developing and practicing oral advocacy and presentation skills in the civil litigation process. Students will participate in mock uncontested and contested chambers applications, mock questioning, and will culminate in a mock civil trial. The course will touch on strategy, technology, ethics, civility, appellate advocacy and other important aspects of civil litigation advocacy. The goal of the course is to provide the foundational advocacy skills for a civil litigation practice.
SPECIAL COMMENTS:
We engage with members of the Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton (Masters and Justice) to preside over the uncontested and contested chambers applications as well as preside at the year end trial. We also engage with members of the Alberta Court of Appeal regarding the lecture on Appellate advocacy. These aspects provide the students with an experience that they can expect as part of a civil litigation practice.
Description updated 2021-22. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.
REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):
An Advocacy Primer, 4th Edition (or 3rd Edition) Lee Stuesser
RECOMMENDED TEXTS
Bob White – The Art of Discovery; The Art of Trial
Sopinka on the Trial of an Action, 3rd Edition
Fundamentals of Trial Techniques, Canadian Edition, Second Edition
Rumpole of the Bailey (books and/or TV shows)