About Civil Procedure

A survey of the procedural law applicable to civil lawsuits in the United States, with particular emphasis on the federal courts. Topics covered include personal and subject matter jurisdiction, the Erie doctrine, pleading, discovery, motions, trials, post-trial motions, and issue and claim preclusion.

Assignments

This page is the one you’ll come back to often. It contains our initial assignment and will be updated regularly to reflect new assignments and any supplementary information.

Syllabus

Contains information on the course, important links, books, learning methodology, grading, and much more. In short, the stuff we’ll be doing and why.

Civil Procedure J.D. study resources

This should be another section you frequent. It contains numerous pages (around 150 at the last count) filled with study resources such as problem sets, handouts, flowcharts, study questions, and much, much more. There are also links to my Civ Pro YouTube screencasts and reviews.

Civil Procedure MBE study resources

This section of the site was created for recent graduates studying for the Civil Procedure section of the Multistate Bar Examination. (Yup! Civ Pro is now on the Bar Exam!) The site includes review videos. A warning: MBE reviews tend to be more cursory than one might use for a J.D. class. Having said that, you might find the resources to be helpful.

Professor Nathenson on YouTube

My YouTube channel, which contains dozens of Civil Procedure videos. Some are instructional screencasts similar to the style of Khan Academy. There are also review videos: some are overall reviews, and others are topic-specific.

Last updated Aug. 17, 2025