LAW-5070: Tennessee Courts Practice

This experiential learning course provides an overview of the legal issues faced by lawyers practicing litigation work in Tennessee, particularly those working in a solo or small-firm environment. It is taught through simulation exercises that require students to work through real-world scenarios that Tennessee attorneys regularly encounter in their practices. Fictional clients retain the students to litigate the most common types of cases in each of the various Tennessee state courts, including Municipal Court, General Sessions Court, Juvenile Court, Chancery Court, Circuit Court, Criminal Court, and the appellate courts. With each exercise, students will research, analyze, interpret, and apply Tennessee-specific legal questions. The goal of this course is to expose students to legal and practical issues they are likely to see as attorneys and to give them the confidence to tackle those issues competently.