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Litigation

Litigation is typically the first and foremost thing the public likely thinks that lawyers engage in on a daily basis. OU Law provides a foundational preparation for those students wishing to pursue litigation.

The Juris Doctor Program

Litigation encompasses our formal court-based dispute resolution processes, including pre-trial practice, courtroom trials and other adjudications, and post-trial and appellate practice for both civil and criminal disputes. While many practicing lawyers do not regularly engage in litigation, litigation is the primary, formal conflict resolution process for disputes that arise under all areas of the law.

OU Law’s curriculum prepares students to litigate by offering classes in all fields of substantive law, and in litigation-specific classes.

In addition to the traditional classroom experience, students experience various simulation courses such as Civil Pre-Trial Litigation, Trial Techniques, Civil Appellate Procedure, and Alternate Dispute Resolution. The litigation curriculum then culminates in our live-client Civil Clinic and Criminal Defense Clinic classes.

Faculty

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Donald T. Bogan Thomas P. Hester Presidential Professor

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Andrew M. Coats Director Emeritus of the Law Center

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Steven S. Gensler Gene and Elaine Edwards Family Chair in Law

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Eric E. Johnson Professor of Law

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Kit Johnson Hugh Roff Professor of Law

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Mithun Mansinghani Adjunct Professor

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Jaye Mendros Adjunct Professor

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Roger Michalski Arch B. & Jo Anne Gilbert Professorship of Law

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Patricia Moore Visiting Professor of Law

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M. Alexander Pearl Chickasaw Nation Endowed Chair in Native American Law

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Amy Pepper Director, OU Legal Clinics

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Theodore Roberts Professor Emeritus

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Donald K. Shandy Adjunct Professor

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Connie S. Smothermon Professor of Law Emeritus

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Rebekah C. Taylor Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education

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Chris A. Tytanic Adjunct Professor

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Evan Grant Ellis Vincent Adjunct Professor

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