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Evidence

Course Description

This course, offered as both a first year day elective and an upper division elective, is a study of the problems of proof in civil and criminal trials, including coverage of the important rules of evidence and the impact of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The manner of examining witnesses and presenting evidence is considered, and the effects of such sometimes inconsistent goals as the presentation of all important, relevant information to the trier of fact and the exclusion of evidence on grounds such as unreliability, privilege and undue prejudice are examined. In the four-credit section, offered at the discretion of the Associate Dean, the subject matter is examined more intensively.

For spring offerings, seniors have enrollment priority.

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: 60339

  • Summer '25
  • 3
  • Mon, Wed: 6:00-9:00

  • Lawrence Fletcher-Hill

  • 24 openings. (Limit 40).

  • 578f

  • Sklansky & Roth, Evidence: Cases, Commentary, and Problems (6th ed.) , Aspen/Wolters Kluwer , 2025

    ISBN: 9798889062660

    Note that this is a new edition for this text.

    Recommended/Optional: Sklansky & Roth, Federal Rules of Evidence and California Evidence Code, 2024 , Aspen/Wolters Kluwer , 2024

    ISBN: 9798892077286

    You will need the Federal Rules of Evidence, with Advisory Committee Notes. This is one source, but there are others, including free online access. You do not need the California Evidence Code.

CRN: 92884

  • Fall '25
  • 3
  • Thurs: 6:30-9:35

    Evening

  • Amanda C. Pustilnik

  • 12 openings. (Limit 60). Non-senior Preference

  • 578F

  • Sklansky/Roth, Evidence : cases, commentary, and problems 5th edition , Aspen , 2020

    ISBN: 9781543804577

CRN: 92517

  • Fall '25
  • 3
  • Mon: 10:25-11:50
    Wed: 10:25-11:50

    Day

  • David Gray

  • 1 opening. (Limit 60). Non-senior Preference

  • 578b

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    George Fisher, Evidence--4th Edition , West Academic , 2023

    ISBN: 9781640201606

    Recommended/Optional: George Fisher, Federal Rules of Evidence 2025 Statutory and Case Supplement to Fisher's Evidence, 4th , West Academic , 2025

    ISBN: 9798892090445

    The primary value of the supplement is in the rules section, which includes the current rules, the rules pre-restyling, and current proposed amendments. It is very useful, but you can get by without it using a current copy of the rules and online resources.

CRN: 23095

  • Spring '26
  • 3
  • Tues: 4:20-6:20
    Thurs: 5:25-6:20

    Twilight

  • Amanda C. Pustilnik

  • Enrollment Limit: 60