This course will focus on real-world skills required to run an effective animal law litigation practice. Course topics will be taught from pleadings, deposition transcripts, and court orders from real-life cases. Using case studies, the course will teach students how to (i) choose and/or cultivate cases, (ii) determine the best jurisdiction and venue, (iii) identify appropriate procedural vehicles to achieve goals, (iv) build a case through discovery, (v) articulate cognizable remedies, (vi) identify settlement opportunities/roadblocks, and (vii) recover attorneys’ fees. This course will also teach students how and when to draft an array of civil pleadings to build a functional database of precedent that is necessary for any animal law litigation practice.