Trial Advocacy Preference Form

Trial Advocacy will be offered during the Spring Semester of 2008 in four sections in the Day Division and one section in the Evening Division. SENIORS, DEC.’08 GRADUATION CANDIDATES & ADVOCACY CERT. CANDIDATES have preference; if any vacancies remain, other students who have completed Evidence or are presently enrolled in Evidence may be admitted.

For the first twelve weeks, the course will meet for one hour per week in the Courtroom for lecture and demonstration. These will be held on Monday from 8:45-9:45 am and from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Students may attend either lecture regardless of the section in which you are enrolled. You will also meet for an additional two hours per week with your section for student exercises. (See below for class days & times.) The last two weeks of the semester are devoted to day-long trials, scheduled Monday through Saturday.

ENROLLMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 72 STUDENTS. All students who sign up will be “registered” for the course, but the actual “enrollment” will not be decided until all such “registrants” have been received. Then, in the event of “over-registration,” a lottery will be used to determine who will be actually admitted to the course and “enrolled.” The lottery will be conducted as follows:

1. Students wishing to take Trial Advocacy should register for the course, not for a specific section. Students should indicate their preferences for sections on the form below. Each student will have one place in the lottery.

  • Seniors, Dec.’08 graduation candidates & Advocacy Cert. Candidates have preference; Evening Division students will be given preference for the evening section.
  • Subject to the preferences stated above, each student will be given his or her first choice of section unless that section is already filled; then second choice, etc. A student will be “bumped” from the course only if all sections chosen by the student are already filled.

For additional information, contact Prof. Jay Leach, at (916) 739-7002.

If you register online, register for Trial Advocacy (CRN 30090 – Catalog # D/E812) & fill out the Trial Advocacy Preference Form (link on Registration Home Page under Spring 2008.

If you do not register online and want to take Trial Advocacy, write “812 Trial Advocacy” on your Registration Form. Fill in the Trial Advocacy Preference Form below and submit it with your Registration Form by Friday, November 30, 2007, 5:00 pm.

Any student failing to submit the Trial Advocacy Preference Form will not be registered in the course.

TRIAL ADVOCACY PREFERENCE FORM

To be eligible for the lottery, this form must be received at McGeorge by 5:00 pm on Friday, November 30, 2007.