There are two required books for this course:

Mueller & Kirkpatrick, EVIDENCE UNDER THE RULES (7th ed. 2011) (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business); and

Goode & Wellborn, COURTROOM EVIDENCE HANDBOOK: 2014-2015 STUDENT EDITION (West Academic Publishing), which I'll refer to as your "Rules Handbook."

Recommended, but not required, is: Arthur Best, EVIDENCE: EXAMPLES & EXPLANATIONS (8th ed. 2012) (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business).

For our first class session (on Monday, August 25, commencing at 1:00 in Room 11), please open your Rules Handbook and read Rules 611 and 612 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. At the very start of our first class session, I'll be showing you a film clip of a courtroom scene that involves the application of those two rules.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE: In December 2011, a newly "restyled" version of the Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect, and that is the version of the Rules which we'll be learning. Be careful not to use older versions of the Rules, since the language and paragraphing are substantially changed.

Focusing now on your Mueller & Kirkpatrick book, we'll spend our first two class sessions covering pages 1 to 48 (Introduction to Evidence; What Happens at Trial). When reading those pages, please skip Problems 1-A and 1-B.

The Syllabus for this class, plus a Course Outline that I've written for you, will be posted among the "On-Line Course Materials" on the Law School's website. As soon as my course page is up and running, I will give you the password for gaining access to it.

I look forward to seeing you on August 25.