This course provides an examination of history, purpose and constitutionality of capital punishment. The course will also discuss death penalty eligibility/offenses and will provide an international perspective.

Introduction to the civil action; personal and in rem jurisdiction; service or process and notice; subject matter jurisdiction; venue; choice of law; pleading.

Introduction to the civil action; personal and in rem jurisdiction; service or process and notice; subject matter jurisdiction; venue; choice of law; pleading.

The nature of the federal judicial function and its development, distribution of power among federal and state courts, Supreme Court review of state court decisions, the law applied in federal district courts, federal question and diversity jurisdiction, federal habeas corpus, removal jurisdiction and procedure.

The skills of litigation, including trial advocacy, interviewing and counseling, negotiation and pleading. Lecture, one hour; laboratory, five hours per week.

The skills of litigation, including trial advocacy, interviewing and counseling, negotiation and pleading. Lecture, one hour; laboratory, five hours per week.

Protection of individuals and organizations by the Bill of Rights, the fourteenth amendment, and other provisions of the Constitution.

Methods of dispute resolution other than trial; statutory and judicial regulation; presenting a claim in different formats of ADR.

Methods of dispute resolution other than trial; statutory and judicial regulation; presenting a claim in different formats of ADR.

Analysis of the elements of bargaining power; exercises in the negotiating process in various contexts; basic techniques of negotiation; ethical norms of the lawyer-investigator.