Assignment:
Purpose:
The purpose of assignment is to understand that a judge assumes a unbiased role, but thisrole is not entirely passive. A judge is responsible for the appropriate application of the law anddoes not have to accept the adversaries' arguments. There are rules of procedure to govern theway in which disputes are handled in courts.
Content Instructions:
1. What are the first steps in bringing a legal action?
2. What are the defendant's possible responses?
3. What are the contexts in which pretrial motions may be filed, and what are those motions?
4. What is discovery?
5. What are the advantages of discovery?
6. How might a large corporation defend against allegations that it intentionally failed to preserveelectronic data that a party is attempting to review as part of a discovery request?
7. What takes place at a pretrial conference?
8. Briefly, what are the steps in the course of a trial?
9. Who can appeal from a trial court's decision?
10. What is the primary consideration in deciding whether to settle a dispute or take the dispute tocourt?