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Civil Procedure

Course Description

Civil Procedure is the study of the constitutional framework as well as the formal modes for processing disputes in federal courts. The course examines the basic concepts of power, fairness, and adjudication (both formal systems and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms), including the relationship between state and federal courts, the nature and roles of the judge, the parties and the attorneys in our adversary system, and the interplay between the efficacy of the rules and the administration of justice. The course exposes students to the role procedure plays in the development of substantive law and prepares them for the procedural issues that arise throughout the curriculum.

Current and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 92398

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Mon: 1:05-3:05
    Wed: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Tiffany Yang

  • Waitlisted. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 527a

  • A. Benjamin Spencer, Civil Procedure: A Contemporary Approach, Seventh Edition , West Academic Publishing , August 15, 2025

    ISBN: 9798887865430

    Please feel free to obtain a used casebook, so long as it is the correct edition (7th ed.). The online assessment tools in the digital CasebookPlus platform will NOT be part of the course.

    Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 2026 Edition: With Statutory Supplement (Quick Desk Reference, Green Cover) , Michigan Legal Publishing Ltd. , Print, Nov. 1, 2025

    ISBN: 978-1640021631

    Only the print version is authorized by the professor for use in this course. Do not buy an e-book version.

    Be sure to purchase the correct year (2026) and the correct version (the Quick Desk Reference with the green cover). You must purchase the print version of this text.

CRN: 92616

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues, Thurs: 8:45-10:45

    Day

  • Jeff Sovern

  • Waitlisted. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 527a

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Joel Wm. Friedman & Michael G. Collins, The Law of Civil Procedure, 6th edition , West Academic , 2023

    ISBN: 978-1-68467-585-2

CRN: 93539

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues, Thurs: 3:15-5:15

    Day

  • Jeff Sovern

  • 60 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

  • 527a

  • Joel Wm. Friedman & Michael G. Collins, The Law of Civil Procedure, 6th edition , West Academic , 2023

    ISBN: 978-1-68467-585-2

CRN: 92397

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues: 1:05-3:05
    Wed: 2:10-4:10

    Day

  • Natalie Ram

  • Waitlisted. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 527a

  • Rowe Sherry & Tidmarsh, Civil Procedure 5th ed. , West Academic , 2020

    ISBN: 978-1684670383

CRN: 93540

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Mon: 1:05-3:05
    Wed: 2:10-4:10

    Day

  • TBA TBA

  • 60 openings. (Limit 60). LD1 only

CRN: 92602

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues: 6:30-9:35
    Thurs: 7:35-8:30

    Evening

  • J. Mark Coulson

  • Waitlisted. (Limit 30). First Year Evening

  • 527e

  • Subrin, Minow, Brodin, Main and Lahav, Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice and Context, 7th Edition , Aspen , 2024

    ISBN: 979-8-8890-6179-3