About This Course
Almost all litigated cases involve statutes. Whether the impact is direct or indirect, judges appreciate statutory interpretation analysis making it beneficial to provide. This CLE course will explain the rules of statutory interpretation, regardless of the seemingly complex Latin phrases which describe them, as well as the basic framework that federal and state courts use the interpret statutes.
The course will explain the “plain meaning” vs. “ambiguity” rules, otherwise known as the fork in the road and their relevant rules as well as the most common canons of statutory interpretation, even using stop lights and tequila as illustrative tools.
