LAW 391P - Poverty Law and Litigation Practicum.

Focus of this course is on the pre-trial stages of litigation where most contested litigation is resolved. Each member of our firm will be assigned a complex paradigm litigation problem of low-income people, such as housing conditions, lender predation, debt collection, child custody, wage rights, utility service, or nursing home admission. Teams within the firm will explore the substantive and procedural law required to pursue each problem from both sides, developing skills at issue-spotting, pleading, and motions practice, with frequent adjudicated argument of pre-trial matters during class meetings. Significant writing opportunity with real-world time constraints, no exam. Five hours. Not offered in 2018-2019.