Why you should attend
As fewer civil cases are tried, pretrial practice in federal civil litigation has undergone tremendous change. The staples of pretrial practice - pleadings, motions to dismiss, discovery, Daubert motions, summary judgment, and settlement - have replaced trials as the focus of litigation. What does the changing nature of pretrial practice in litigation mean for your practice? Join our faculty of experienced plaintiffs' and defense attorneys and inside counsel and judges as they review what you need to know to succeed at this increasingly important stage of litigation.
What you will learn
• Planning the litigation
• Investigating the facts and the law
• Pleading your case
• All facets of discovery, including e-discovery
• Pretrial motions
• Use of experts
• Settlement strategies
Cost: $1495*

PLEASE NOTE:

*Full scholarships to PLI's live seminars and webcasts are available to judges, judicial law clerks, law professors, law students, attorneys 65 or older, law librarians, attorneys who work for nonprofit organizations, legal services organizations or government agencies, and unemployed attorneys. Attorneys in private practice who seek to learn skills that will assist them in pro bono activities are encouraged to apply.

Please contact Leonard McKenzie at 212-824-5826 for additional information.