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Civil Procedure topics covered include:
 Jurisdiction over the parties (including Federal Jurisdiction Over the Parties and Over Things, Opportunity to be Heard Defenses to Claims of Jurisdiction, Venue);
Subject Matter Jurisdiction (including Federal Jurisdiction Generally, Diversity, Federal Question, Amount in Controversy, Supplemental Removal to the Federal Courts);
Pleading (including Modern Federal Complaint, Motions Against, Complaint Answer Time for Various Pleadings, Amendment);
Discovery and Pretrial Conference (including Scope, Methods, Orders and Sanctions, Use of Results at Trial v. Appellate Review);
Ascertaining Applicable Law (including Nature of Problem, Erie and Other Fundamentals, Erie Problems, Federal Common Law);
Trial Procedure (including Burden of Proof Presumptions, Preponderance of the Evidence, Trials Without Jury, Jury Adjudication Without Trial, Directed Verdict, Special Verdict and Interrogatories, Declaratory Judgments, New Trial, Review of Grant or Denial of New Trial, Judgment as a Matter of Law, Review of Combined New Trial and JML Motions, Constitutional Right to Jury Trial, Remedies);
Multi-Party and Multi-Claim Jurisdiction (including Counterclaims, Joinder of Claims, Joinder of Parties, Class Actions, Intervention, Interpleader, Real Party in Interest, Third Party Practice, Cross-Claims);
Former Adjudication (including Claim Preclusion, Collateral Estoppel, Full Faith and Credit).
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