CapLaw 2014 J.D. candidate Lakshmi Satyanarayana, left, and Corinne Conard, 2015 J.D. candidate, right, introduce Central Ohio high school students to legal concepts through the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project class, taught by Professor Dan Kobil.
to the evidence issues in the high-profile Davis case,” Cordray said. Students David Simon and Karia Ruffin were enthusiastic about Cordray’s approach. “The Davis hypos challenged me to thoroughly understand the intricacies of each evidence rule,” Simon said. Ruffin agreed: “I gained insight into the role that evidence plays in developing a case. I saw how different pieces of evidence arise in a case and how to determine admissibility.” In the spring of 2014, the same students will confront another reality of practice: drafting litigation documents. In Associate Dean Rachel Janutis’s Civil Procedure Rules class, the students are being asked to litigate a simulated lawsuit involving a plaintiff injured by a defective golf cart. Along the way, students will work in groups to draft a complaint or an answer; a motion to join a third-party defendant or a response; and a litigation hold. 16
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is the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional They also will interview a key witness Literacy Project class taught by Professor and “bill” their time spent working on the Dan Kobil. The course sends Capital law project using the ABA’s Uniform Taskstudents into Columbus schools to teach Based Management System. high school students about their First “I believe it is essential that students know how to accomplish the core tasks that Amendment rights. These students confront a new lawyer,” Janutis said. Professor Rick Wood “Professor Janutis developed workshops provides the epitome of focused on the basics of a modern classroom,” financial investment, which student Shadi Traish will be critical when they are serving clients. said. “We learn practice and theory. And, when reviewing a new concept, I can look at practice problems and model answers posted online, watch one of her videos on YouTube, or ask a question on a dedicated Facebook page.” Another new project, also in its second year, L AW YER