12 13 14 8 9 10 11 class 48 class 49 class 50 51 Expert Opinion & Privileges Privileges Authentication Testimony (501) (901, 902) (limits on opinion and expert test.; court appointed experts – 704, 701, 702, 403, 706) Ch 64, 65 Ch 66, 67 Ch 68 Ch 69 19 20 21 15 (last week) 16 17 18 Independent Independent class 52 class 53 Review Review Best Evidence Review (Article X) Ch 70 22 Independent 23 24 25 26 27 28 Review 29 EXAM COURSE POLICIES Welcome! I’m Professor Tracy Reid, and I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you. (My last name used to be In your legal writing and appellate advocacy “Rambo.” courses, you may have used the text Professor Pflaum and I co-authored, Legal Writing By Design.) We’ll be together this semester learning a core course, fundamental to our judicial process: Evidence. Our course is described as follows on our law school website: “officially” EVIDENCE Course Number: LAW 6330 Credits: 4 Registration priority given to second-year students. A study of the law governing the proof of issues of fact before a judicial tribunal. Topics covered may include judicial notice, presumptions, burden of proof, hearsay, relevancy, testimonial proof, demonstrative and scientific proof, documentary proof and privileged communications. Emphasis is placed on the Federal Rules of Evidence. In the materials below, I’ve tried to explain what you can expect in the course, and what I expect of you. Please read these materials very carefully. Please understand that you’re responsible for reading, understanding, and complying with all policies addressed or referenced in this document. (Professionalism tip: Before asking your professor about any course policy (in any class), please first check with the course policy document to see if the answer is already provided. You don’t make a good first impression if you ask a question about the existence of a policy that’s already contained in a document that you’re required to read before class even begins). However, if any policy is unclear to you, please feel free to ask about it. Course Goals
8 class 48 Expert Opinion & Testimony (limits on opinion and expert test.; court appointed experts – 704, 701, 702, 403, 706) Ch 64, 65 9 class 49 Privileges (501) Ch 66, 67 10 class 50 Privileges Ch 68 11 51 Authentication (901, 902) Ch 69 12 13 14 15 (last week) class 52 Best Evidence (Article X) Ch 70 16 class 53 Review 17 Independent Review 18 Independent Review 19 20 21 22 Independent Review 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 EXAM COURSE POLICIES Welcome! I’m Professor Tracy Reid, and I’m looking forward to getting to know each of you. (My last name used to be “Rambo.” In your legal writing and appellate advocacy courses, you may have used the text Professor Pflaum and I co-authored, Legal Writing By Design.) We’ll be together this semester learning a core course, fundamental to our judicial process: Evidence. Our course is “officially” described as follows on our law school website: EVIDENCE Course Number: LAW 6330 Credits: 4 Registration priority given to second-year students. A study of the law governing the proof of issues of fact before a judicial tribunal. Topics covered may include judicial notice, presumptions, burden of proof, hearsay, relevancy, testimonial proof, demonstrative and scientific proof, documentary proof and privileged communications. Emphasis is placed on the Federal Rules of Evidence. In the materials below, I’ve tried to explain what you can expect in the course, and what I expect of you. Please read these materials very carefully. Please understand that you’re responsible for reading, understanding, and complying with all policies addressed or referenced in this document. (Professionalism tip: Before asking your professor about any course policy (in any class), please first check with the course policy document to see if the answer is already provided. You don’t make a good first impression if you ask a question about the existence of a policy that’s already contained in a document that you’re required to read before class even begins). However, if any policy is unclear to you, please feel free to ask about it. Course Goals
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