CERTFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN TRIAL COUNSELORS

 

This certificate program provides training opportunities for current as well as aspiring and upcoming trial counselors to improve their skills and competency and to prepare them to be effective decision makers in their respective courts. It also provides for networking and sharing among trial counselors.

 

Program Learning Outcomes

 

Upon successful completion of this certificate, students will be able to:

 

1.  Have a working knowledge of the major techniques of legal research and writing..

2.  Describe how the FSM and state rules of criminal law & procedure are interpreted and applied.

3.  Describe the law of torts and basic principles of admiralty law.

4.  Understand the concept of dispute resolution techniques including, but not limited to, mediation, arbitration, and community resolution procedures.

5.  Understand the law of contracts and general business law.

6.  Describe the processes of comprehensive examination of problems of proof and the rules of evidence.

7.  Understand the constitution of the FSM, its States and municipalities.

8.  Describe the FSM and State rules of appellate & civil procedure.

9.  Describe and explain the FSM and State real property laws.

10. Practice actual supervised pre-trial and trial skills in civil and criminal cases.