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CIVIL PROCEDURE

LAW 714
Course Description

Development of the modern civil action including pleading, discovery, and the pretrial conference; the trial; motions after verdict and judgment; appeals; state and federal procedures.

Prerequisites

Declared in Law JD

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.36

7.96% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.84% from Historical

A Rate
44.58%

107.84% from Historical

Class Size
83

9.82% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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