Amy Vaughan-Thomas she/her/hers

Advanced Legal Analysis fuses doctrine, exam assessments, and practice-oriented skills to further develop and strengthen student's legal analysis and problem-solving prowess. Students will review selected material in theories of liability in Tort Law, Agency Law, and Coporated Duties to enhance their understanding, application, and written communication through multiple-choice and practice writing prompts.

Advanced Legal Analysis fuses doctrine, exam assessments, and practice-oriented skills to further develop and strengthen student's legal analysis and problem-solving prowess. Students will review selected material in theories of liability in Tort Law, Agency Law, and Coporated Duties to enhance their understanding, application, and written communication through multiple-choice and practice writing prompts.

This course examines the procedural, practical and theoretical aspects of settlement as an alternative to trial. The course will focus upon the following methods of alternative dispute resolution: Arbitration, Early Neutral Evaluation, Mediation, Summary Jury/Bench Trials, and briefly touch upon some other settlement mechanisms. Methods of instruction will include LEC and Socratic method. In addition, students will be required to engage in extensive role playing in order to apply acquired knowledge and concepts to realistic situations involving each of the ADR methods covered.