Affirmative Litigation explores the following skills and concepts:

Complaint Drafting

Seeking Broad Based Relief (including alternatives to class actions for LSC programs)

Seeking Emergency Relief

Sovereign Immunity

TRO Motion Practice

Motion to Dismiss Practice and Surviving a Motion to Dismiss

Nuts and Bolts of Federal Practice

Causes of Action for Affirmative Litigation - Section 1983

State Action and Color of Law

Damages

Standing and Mootness

Exhaustion and Preclusion

Discovery Planning and Practice in Complex Litigation

Non-Monetary Relief

Complex Case Analysis and Planning

The Judge's Perspective

The Clerk's Perspective