At Seattle University Law School I teach an online course entitled “Visual Litigation and Today’s Technology”. Cross-examination visuals are featured because they can be extremely powerful weapons for cross-examination. They can be used to gain concessions either supporting your case theory or undermining the other side’s case theory. Visuals can also be very effective for
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Cross-Examination Checklist
A checklist can be a survival guide. Checklists are critical to pretrial and trial work. To illustrate the importance of checklists, Dr. Atul Gawande tells the true story of an October 30, 1935 airplane flight competition that the U.S. Army Air Corps held at Wright Air Field in Dayton Ohio to determine which military-long range
FREE GUIDE TO BEING A GREAT COMMUNICATOR IN TRIAL
Get your free GUIDE to being A GREAT COMMUNICATOR IN TRIALOratory has been defined as “the art of making formal speeches which strongly affect people’s feelings and beliefs”Learn the THREE CHARACTERISTICS of a GREAT COMMUNICATOR IN TRIAL in this ADVOCACY NEWS & VIEWS Newsletter.CLICK HERE GET YOUR FREE GUIDE
Learning Cross-examination Techniques from the Lindberg Kidnapping Case
My co-author of Cross-Examination Handbook, Bob Dekle wrote Lindbergh Kidnapping Case: A Critical Analysis of the Trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Although the Lindbergh kidnapping case has been written about innumerable times, never before has the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann been meticulously researched and analyzed. Bob and his co-author did just that.
Excited about Cross-Examination Handbook 2nd Edition
Excited about the 2nd Edition of the Cross-Examination Handbook! 📘 This comprehensive guide provides law students and trial lawyers with the essential skills and strategies needed for a persuasive cross-examination. With step-by-step instructions and real case examples, including two criminal and two civil case files, this book offers hands-on practice opportunities for students
A COMMON AND BIG MISTAKE ON CROSS-EXAMINATION: Don’t make this cross-examination mistake.
It is probably the most common mistake and a big one – the cross-examiner has the witness repeat their direct examination. Question: “On direct examination you told this jury that . . .” The error is grievous. It violates the 7th commandment of the famous Professor Irving Younger’s 10 Commandment of Cross-Examination: “Don’t allow the
New Free Book devoted to Successful Trial Skills and Strategies
In case you missed the previous offer of this NEW FREE BOOK about SUCCESSFUL TRIAL SKILLS AND STRATEGIES, here is another opportunity to get it. Just CLICK HERE & CONTINUE TO CLICK THROUGH and the book will be emailed to you. You can not only read about successful trial skills and strategies but also
WITNESS PREPARATION FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION
Even when opposing counsel is equipped with the skills and strategies covered in Cross-Examination Handbook, they will not have enough to do damage to the credibility of a tough witness. A tough witness is one who is armed with the truth and has been thoroughly prepared to testify at trial. What is entailed
FREE TRIAL ADVOCACY BOOK with Cross-Examination Discussed and Demonstrated
Get your FREE copy of TRIAL ADVOCACY GOES TO THE MOVIES BOOK – Click here.What do My Cousin Vinny and Atticus Finch have in common? A lot more than you might think. While Atticus Finch’s closing argument in To Kill a Mockingbird continues to inspire viewers to attend law school, the cross-examinations in
HARVEY WEINSTEIN’S AND DONALD TRUMP’S PRIOR BAD ACTS
Previous posts here discussed the Sandoval notice of Trump’s prior bad acts and trial Judge Merchan’s rulings concerning what could and could not be used during cross-examination of Donald Trump in his “hush money” trial. Following Judge Merchan’s rulings on April 24, 2024, concerning what could and could not be inquired into on cross-examination of
