Litigation and Trial Skills
Suggested Courses*
Administrative Law
Advanced Appellate Advocacy
Advanced Torts
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civil Procedure I & II
Conflict of Laws
Client Interviewing and Counseling
Criminal Procedure: Pre-Trial
Criminal Procedure: Post Investigations
Evidence
Federal Courts
Lawyering Skills I & II
Negotiation
Pre-Trial Advocacy
Remedies
Torts
Trial Advocacy
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Faculty
Jill Adams, Associate Professor
Peter C. Alexander, Dean & Professor of Law
Christopher Behan, Assistant Professor of Law
Thomas C. Britton, Associate Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Legal Studies
Mark Brittingham, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Keith H. Beyler, Professor of Law
John Erbes, Clinical Associate Professor
Jeffrey M. Feltman, Adjunct Professor
James Hopkins, Adjunct Professor
Rebecca O'Neill, Clinical Professor
William A. Schroeder, Professor of Law
Special Programs/Organizations
Skills Competitions
The SIU School of Law is highly respected for its moot court programs and skills competitions. All first year students participate in legal argumentation as part of their Lawyering Skills class. Upper class students participate in advanced moot court competitions after being selected in an intra-school competition. Our numerous advanced moot court teams cover a breadth of substantive legal areas ranging from environmental law to health law international law. A large number of students participate each year in extensive moot court, trial advocacy, negotiation and client counseling competitions.
Clinic Programs
The SIU School of Law offers students a wide range of opportunities to help actual clients with real problems under the supervision of either a clinical faculty member or an attorney from the community including the: the Civil Practice (Elderly) Clinic, the Externship Program, the Domestic Violence Clinic, the Illinois Agriculture Mediation Program, and the Self Help Legal Center. For more information about skills based learning, contact the Office of Admissions.