589 Advanced Civil Procedure (Lund & Nanda)

LAW589

Advanced Civil Procedure

(Lund)

Prerequisite courses: 452 Civil Procedure

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Instructor(s): Professor Anna J Lund; Avnish Nanda

Course credit: 3

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METHOD OF EVALUATION

This is a pass/fail course. Student will be evaluated on a series of practical exercises completed individually and in teams, as well as an end-of-semester individual debrief. The practical assignments will allow students to become involved in different aspects of a hypothetical piece of public interest Charter litigation, the topic of which will be selected over the summer in consultation with students registered in the case. Exercises will include: interviewing clients, drafting pleadings, drafting affidavits, and written and oral arguments. 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course examines the theory, practice and ethics of civil litigation process, with a particular focus on how these issues arise in public interest litigation. It will provide students with an opportunity to explore substantive topics in civil procedure in-depth and to apply that knowledge through a series of practical exercises, detailed above in “Method of Evaluation”. Substantive topics covered will include: advanced costs and other litigation funding strategies, stare decisis, class actions, summary procedures, discovery and freedom of information requests, injunctions, and ethical issues for movement lawyers and government lawyers.

SPECIAL COMMENTS

Description updated 2023-24. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.

REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):

A course reading list will be provided. All readings will be freely available through the University of Alberta library.