Fall 2026
Class meeting time: Monday and Wednesday 1:00-2:50 pm
Required Materials
(1) Joseph W. Glannon, Andrew M. Perlman, Peter Raven-Hansen, and Jennifer Reynolds, Civil Procedure: A Coursebook (5th ed. 2025), ISBN 9781543843781
(2) other materials distributed to you via links on this website or USD's Canvas; and
(3) provisions in the following laws that I assign as reading: U.S. Constitution; Title 28 of the U.S. Code (28 U.S.C. §§ 1-5001); Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Fed. R. Civ. P. 1-86); California Code of Civil Procedure (Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 1-2107); Rules and Laws for Civil Actions (open-access PDF with these laws)
Reading Assignments - will be posted here a few weeks before class. We will cover the following topics:
I. Introduction
II. Subject Matter Jurisdiction
III. Personal Jurisdiction
IV. Venue
V. Pleading
VI. Joinder and Supplemental Jurisdiction
VII. Discovery
VIII. Choice of Law
IX. Trial and Pretrial
X. After Final Judgment