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Course Syllabus Practice Court

This 3 sentence summary provides the essential information about the course syllabus: The syllabus outlines a clinical course exposing students to practical aspects of law, particularly trial procedures. It covers preparing legal documents like complaints and answers, as well as developing trial strategies. The course aims to prepare future lawyers by teaching skills like legal writing, drafting pleadings, presenting evidence, and handling various court and administrative procedures.

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Course Syllabus Practice Court

This 3 sentence summary provides the essential information about the course syllabus: The syllabus outlines a clinical course exposing students to practical aspects of law, particularly trial procedures. It covers preparing legal documents like complaints and answers, as well as developing trial strategies. The course aims to prepare future lawyers by teaching skills like legal writing, drafting pleadings, presenting evidence, and handling various court and administrative procedures.

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DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY 

MID-LA UNION CAMPUS


COLLEGE OF LAW

LAW ____ PRACTICE COURT


COURSE SYLLABUS
SY 2018-2019, Fir! S"#"!"r

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 This is a clinical ofering which exposes the students to the practical
aspects o the law, particularly in the trial o cases. It includes training on
the preparation and drating o complaints, petitions, answers and other
pleadings, motions, bries and other legal papers which are submitted to
the court and quasi-judicial tribunals. It also deals with the art o efective
oral advocacy
advocac y.

It covers practical instruction in the preparation o cases and trial bries


beore actual trial o cases. It includes practical suggestions on efective
methods o !" gathering the acts o cases, #" the ormulation o the
theor
theoryy o the case,
case, $"
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pleadings, and %" interview and examination o witnesses.

 The course will also include discussion on presentation


presentation o evidence in
court covered by &ule !$# o the &ules
&ules o 'ourt in preparation or (ractice
'ourt II or the conduct o moc) trials.

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 The course will aim to expose the uture law practitioner to the intricacies
o law practice. It also aims at providing the student with a good overview
and sense o orientation with regard to the most imminent problems and
challenges in law practice speci*cally the preparation o various pleadings
which are more oten than not done outside the courtroom.
courtroom.

+tudents successully completing this course should be able to


!. nderstand
nderstand and apprecia
appreciatete the nature
nature o wor) o a lawyer.
lawyer.
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emonstrate e the ability
ability to prepar
prepare
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abiliity to prep
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various
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succh as
complaints, answer, legal memorandum, position paper among others
in accordance with established rules o procedure.
%. emonstrat
emonstrate e the ability
ability and competency
competency to present
present evidence
evidence in court
court
litigation.

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where: OTR(Other Requirements)=


Requirements)= Attendance, Recitation,
Recitation, Assignment,
Assignment,
Seatwork, Research Works etc.

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Course Syllabus - Practice Court


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=. 8fective <egal ;riting

'. (reparation and rating o Initiatory (leadings


a. 'riminal complaint
b. 'ivil 'omplaint
c. (etition

. :nswering a 'omplaint in a 'ivil 'ase

8. (reparing or Trial

9. 8>cient se o (aper &ule :./. ?o. !!-@-%-+'"

0. Audicial :>davit &ule :./. ?o. !#-B-B-+'"

C. (re-Trial Techniques

I. &ules o (rocedure in 4uasi-Audicial Tribunals


a. ?ational <abor &elations 'ommission ?<&'"
b. 'ommission on :udit '7:"
c. Cousing and <and se &egulatory =oard C<&="
d. <and Transportation and 9ranchising &egulatory =oard <T9&="

 A. &evised &ules on :dministrative 'ases in the 'ivil +ervice

D. (osition (aper, <egal /emorandum, /otion or &econsideration E


:ppellantFs =rie 

<. (resentation o 8vidence

/. +alient 9eatures o the &evised 0uidelines or 'ontinuous Trial o


'riminal 'ases :./. ?o. !G-2H-!2-+'"

V/ &eerences
1. ;ellman, 9rancis <. The Art of Cross-Examination . <ondon The
/acmillan 'ompany. &etrieved :ugust #, #2!B.
2.  Tan, 9erdinand E 9estin, 0emy <ito #2!%". The Judicial Adavit
Rule – Features and Insights . 4ue5on 'ity &ex =oo) +tore.

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