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Taking stock mid-semester

By Dan Markel, Ethan Leib, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Paul Horwitz , Steve Vladeck, and Orly Lobel

Last Friday, I held "Light Bulb Day" in civ pro. That is when I sum up and (hopefully) bring together all of pleading by talking and walking the class through the first phase of a civil action, from the filing of the complaint until the pleadings are "closed." This is something I did by request the first time I taught civ pro (at Florida State) and I have continued to do it, even making it an explicit part of the syllabus. It is the forest-and-trees point. Pleading involves so many discreet pieces (trees) that must be taught individually and not...

Full post as published by Prawfs on March 01, 2009 (boomark / email).