This introduction to multi-party litigation includes joinder of claims and parties, class actions, multidistrict litigation, and other forms of aggregative litigation. Topics will include the rules governing multiparty litigation; related issues such as preclusion, remedies, and choice of law; legal and practice issues from certification through ultim,ate resolution including pre-trial procedure, trial, settlement, and claims administration; broader questions of how the civil justice system should respond to mass harms; and proposals for reform.
This course is strongly recommended for students planning a practice in private or public civil litigation, managing or supervising litigation, or a judicial clerkship. It provides a basic for advanced courses such as complex litigation.
This course is open to first-year Law School students.