COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT



COLLIN COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Number: LGLA 1344

Course Title: Texas Civil Litigation

Course Description: Fundamental concepts and procedures of Texas civil litigation including pretrial, trial, and post-trial phases of litigation emphasizing the paralegal's role in the Texas civil litigation process.

Course Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 3

Prerequisites: LGLA 1303, LGLA 1342, and LGLA 2303, or consent of Instructor or Department Faculty Contact

Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to do the following:

1. Describe and explain the pre-trial stages of a civil lawsuit.

2. Describe and explain the civil litigation trial process.

3. Draft a general denial appropriate for a Texas lawsuit.

4. Distinguish between pleadings, motions, discovery, and orders.

5. Calculate and determine the response deadlines involved in the pre-trial processes of pleading and discovery (docketing).

6. Draft various pleadings for a Texas civil lawsuit.

7. Distinguish the types of written and oral discovery.

8. Draft and respond to discovery requests asserting or challenging objections as necessary.

9. Explain the mechanism for asserting a privilege or objection to discovery.

10. Explain the mechanism by which parties may make binding agreements in a civil lawsuit.

11. Prepare and maintain a trial notebook.

12. Explain the scope of and constraints imposed on discovery in a lawsuit.

13. Describe the types of extraordinary remedies available to litigants.

Withdrawal Policy: See the current Collin Registration Guide for last day to withdraw.

Collin College Academic Policies: See the current Collin Student Handbook.

Americans with Disabilities Act Statement: Collin College will adhere to all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations as required to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the ACCESS office, SCC-G200 or 972.881.5898 (V/TTD: 972.881.5950) to arrange for appropriate accommodations. See the current Collin Student Handbook for additional information

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