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January term provides students the opportunity to explore important contemporary legal topics with national and international experts.

January term provides students the opportunity to explore important contemporary legal topics with national and international experts.

January term provides students the opportunity to explore important contemporary legal topics with national and international experts.

The course addresses various aspects of complex litigation and recent criticism about the civil litigation system itself. The course is theoretical in emphasis and is developed from two directions: (1) through a study of jurisprudential material concerning adversarial dispute resolution, the substance/procedure dichotomy and value-identification; and (2) through in-depth analysis of procedural aspects of complex… Continue reading Advanced Civil Procedure

This course principally examines both practice aspects and theoretical underpinnings of equitable remedies. Frequently, compensatory damages cannot adequately protect clients or provide them with the relief they need. Topics include temporary restraining orders, preliminary and permanent injunctions, restitution and unjust enrichment, specific performance, and equitable defenses such as unclean hands, laches, and estoppel. Practice issues… Continue reading Equitable Remedies