Class Action Law
Spring term, Block E
M,T 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Professor William Rubenstein
3 classroom credits LAW-32312A
This course will study the theory and practice of class action litigation in the United States. It is an advanced course in procedure, public law, judicial administration, and litigation. Topics range from the conceptual underpinnings of representative litigation to the specific doctrines of federal complex litigation practice, including jurisdiction, certification, choice of law, overlapping class suits and multi-district litigation practice, notice and other communications with class members, remedies, settlement, fairness hearings, objectors, attorney's fees, and preclusion. The course is primarily doctrinal in nature, but it will include significant amounts of procedural theory, narratives of legal practice, and legal ethics.