LEGL 333 - Judicial Procedure

Credits: 3 hours
The purpose of this course is to explore the functioning of courts, judges, lawyers, and law enforcement agencies, including judicial decision-making and the impact of court decisions. Provides an overview of the judicial component of the civil and criminal justice system, which focuses on the structure, role, jurisdiction, and operation of the courts and the courtroom workgroup in the adjudicatory and appellate process at the local, state, and federal levels.

Objective: Students will understand civil, criminal, and administrative procedural law regarded as necessary to effective and responsible participation in the legal process. Outcomes: 1. Understand the anatomy of pre-trial, trial, post-litigation. 2. Understand the functions of the main participants including the system. 3. Understand basic pleadings and their formats 4. Understand the levels of operation of the state and federal court systems, including the various courts, composition of the juries, select duties of officers and employees of the courts, and the jurisdiction of the various criminal and civil courts.