A course in Evidence is a pre- or co-requisite. Class starts Tuesday, September 2.
Privileges: the one semester, two credit course will examine the basics of the Fifth Amendment privilege as well as each of the evidentiary privileges recognized and not recognized in federal court proceedings. The course will examine the societal benefits achieved by recognizing certain privileges, which person or party owns and may invoke the privilege, and how each privilege can be lost or abused. Students will examine the ethical considerations and best practices regarding how attorneys should protect their client’s privileges and avoid impinging on the privileges held by others. A course in Evidence is a pre- or co-requisite. While the course may be of primary interest to students intending to be litigators, prosecutors or criminal defense attorneys, students with non-litigation interests will also benefit from the issues discussed during the course.
Schechter, Richard J.