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An Illustrated Guide to Civil Procedure, Fifth Edition

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  • Michael Finch
  • Jason R. Bent
  • Michael P. Allen
Series / Aspen Coursebook Series
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Book length
288 pages
Publication Date
2025-02-01
Edition
Fifth Edition
Teaching Materials
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An Illustrated Guide to Civil Procedure is a student-friendly and problem-based introduction to how the federal rules operate in the context of a realistic age discrimination case. Students work with the Rules as the case carries them from client intake, to trial, all the way to a resolution of the case. They shadow the attorneys and actively participate by making strategic and tactical decisions, and by reviewing and critiquing complaints, answers, motions, and discovery pleas. Truly an illustrated guide to Civil Procedure, this companion supplement is a great asset to all Civil Procedure courses, whether they begin with jurisdiction or the rules of pleading.

Reflecting all changes to the FRCP, the Fifth Edition includes:

● Amendments that change the deadlines for completing various actions under the Rules
● New provisions that address issues related to the discovery of electronic information
● Recent amendments concerning summary judgment and discovery related to expert witnesses

Professors and students will benefit from:

● A unique resource that can be used either in-class as a required text or out-of-class as a useful reference
● Enhanced exploration of the procedural rules covered in a one or two-semester course
● Notes, questions, exercises, tactical and drafting tips, maps, and illustrations contribute to a dynamic learning environment
● A robust set of questions requiring application of procedural rules to the hypothetical suit to ensure student's comprehension and retention of key concepts
● Flexible organization that adapts to a variety of syllabi and comprehensive Teacher’s Manual

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Table of Contents
Summary of Contents

Introduction 
Chapter One: Origins of the Lawsuit 
Chapter Two: Selecting the Locale for Litigation 
Chapter Three: Choosing Between State and Federal Court 
Chapter Four: Venue: A Final Decision about the Forum 
Chapter Five: Choosing the Law That Governs a Suit 
Chapter Six: Commencing the Lawsuit 
Chapter Seven: The Opening Defense 
Chapter Eight: Prelude to Discovery 
Chapter Nine: The Discovery Process 
Chapter Ten: Joinder and Amendment 
Chapter Eleven: Summary Judgment 
Chapter Twelve: Trial 
Chapter Thirteen: Final Resolution 

Appendix 
Index 
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About the authors
Michael Finch
Professor Emeritus
Stetson Law

Professor Finch joined the law faculty in 1982, after practicing law in New England. In 1990, he received a Doctor of Juridical Law (S.J.D.) from Harvard Law School, the school’s most advanced law degree. His dissertation was based on an empirical study of the effects of collective bargaining and dispute resolution in public education. While attending Harvard Law school, he served as a research assistant to Professor Allen Dershowitz. Professor Finch is co-author with colleague Jason Bent, and Judge Michael Allen (U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims) of An Illustrated Guide to Civil Procedure (Aspen 4th ed. 2019). He is also co-author with Caprice Roberts and Judge Allen of Federal Courts: Context, Cases, and Problems, (Aspen 3d ed. 2020). Professor Finch has published extensively, including articles in the Minnesota Law Review, the Wisconsin Law Review, the Ohio State Law Journal, and the Business Lawyer. His work has been cited by numerous federal and state courts, including the United States Supreme Court and the Florida Supreme Court. Between 1998 and 2015, Professor Finch engaged in trial support and civil appellate practice and handled several appeals involving multi-million-dollar verdicts. Professor Finch is a member of the Florida, Connecticut, Montana, and Vermont (inactive) bars.

Jason R. Bent
Professor of Law
Stetson Law

Professor Bent serves as Professor of Law at the Stetson University College of Law, where he served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2019 to 2023. He teaches Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation, Remedies, Employment Discrimination, and several other courses in the field of employment law. Professor Bent earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Grinnell College. Professor Bent is co-author of An Illustrated Guide to Civil Procedure as well as The Statistics of Discrimination: Using Statistical Evidence in Discrimination Cases, a leading treatise on proof issues in employment discrimination cases. He is also co-author of an employment law casebook titled Legal Protections for the Individual Employee. He has published articles in the Georgetown Law Journal, the Connecticut Law Review, the BYU Law Review, the Ohio State Law Journal, and several other law journals. Prior to his teaching career, Professor Bent was a civil litigator and employment lawyer in Chicago, Illinois. He served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Cornelia Kennedy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Michael P. Allen

Judge Michael Allen was nominated by the President of the United States in June 2017. He was confirmed by the United States Senate, and appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in August 2017. United States District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich of the Middle District of Florida administered the judicial oath to Judge Allen on August 11, 2017.

For 16 years before his judicial appointment, Judge Allen was a tenured full professor of law at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. He was also the director of Stetson’s Veterans Law Institute, and he spent 4 years as the College of Law’s associate dean. Judge Allen also served as a visiting professor of law at the University of Illinois College of Law. Before entering teaching, Judge Allen practiced law for 9 years in the litigation department of the Boston-based international law firm Ropes & Gray.

Judge Allen graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rochester earning bachelor’s degrees in American history and political science. He received his juris doctor from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar during his final 2 years.

As a professor, Judge Allen taught courses in constitutional law, civil procedure, federal courts, remedies, and veterans benefits law. He has been a prolific author, cowriting 2 books and more than 25 articles and essays. Judge Allen also received numerous awards for his scholarship and teaching including the Stetson University Award for Excellence in Scholarship, the Brown-Dickerson Award for Excellence in Scholarship, the Stetson University Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Stetson University Award for Excellence in Professionalism and Career Development. He also received the Stetson’s Golden Apple Award for teaching and was twice named the best all-around professor.

Judge Allen was also a frequent speaker at community and professional groups while in legal education Among his speaking engagements were featured roles at the judicial conferences of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In addition, Judge Allen testified before the Veterans’ Affairs Committees of both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Before taking the bench, Judge Allen was active in professional associations. He served on the Board of Trustees of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools and was the Chair of the American Association of Law Schools’ sections on Remedies and New Law Teachers.
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Edition
Fifth Edition
Publication date
2025-02-01
Copyright Year
2025
Pages
288
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Subject
Civil Procedure
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