Civil Litigation
As a civil litigator, you will advise clients who seek to resolve legal disputes between parties through the civil court system. Lawyers who practice civil litigation can have a widely diverse practice, or they can focus on a specific area of law.
If you know you want to focus on a specific area — patent litigation, for example — you can concentrate your legal study on patent-related courses and some of the litigation classes listed below. However, if you’re uncertain of a specific field or wish to engage in a wider litigation practice, it’s a good idea to get a broad basic education.
In general, good litigation training is a combination of substantive law diversity and some litigation courses, and not a transcript filled with nothing but litigation. Here are some of the courses to start building the foundation for your career in civil litigation.
Core Courses
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Evidence
Recommended Courses
- Administrative Law
- ADR Survey: Negotiation, Mediation & Arbitration
- Bankruptcy
- Civil Evidence Workshop
- Civil Motions Workshop
- Civil Rights Litigation
- Complex Litigation/Class Actions
- Courthouse Perspectives
- Deposition Skills Workshop
- Externships
- Family Law and Benefits Clinic
- Federal Courts
- International Litigation
- LARW III: Appellate Drafting
- LARW III: Business Collections
- LARW III: Litigation Drafting
- Mock Trial Competition
- Moot Court Competition
- Negotiation Theory Practicum
- Pretrial Motion Workshop
- Remedies
- Supreme Court Seminar
- Texas Pretrial Procedure
- Texas Trials and Appeals
- Trial Advocacy Practicum