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.