Trial Advocacy Planning, Analysis, and Strategy [Connected eBook with Study Center]

by Berger, Marilyn J.; Mitchell, John B.; Clark, Ronald H.

• ISBN13: 9781543847567
• ISBN10: 1543847560
• eBook ISBN(s): 9798886144376
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-02-17
• Publisher: Aspen Publishing
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Summary

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on Casebook Connect, including academic lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes practice questions, an outline tool, and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes.

Trial Advocacy, Fifth Edition equips trial lawyers, students, and professors with a complete set of tools for practicing the art of trial advocacy, including explicit instructions on planning, strategy, and performance for each phase of a trial from jury selection to closing argument with illustrations of both criminal and civil trial activity.

An accompanying movie features trial demonstrations by veteran trial lawyers; a regularly updated website provides articles, supplemental materials, downloads, and links to additional resources.

New to the Fifth Edition:

• All digital resources available on Casebookconnect.com
• Case law and rules of procedure, evidence and professional responsibility are updated to reflect the latest changes.
• The COVID pandemic has had a big impact on litigation practice. The Fifth Edition tracks these developments in trial advocacy today:
• Jury selection procedures and strategies for online trials
• Preparing witnesses to testify online
• Direct and cross-examination of witnesses online
• Introducing and displaying exhibits online
• Advancements in technology for creating persuasive visuals in the courtroom or online
• This new edition keeps pace with the advancements in technology, particularly electronic visuals.&
• Foundations for testimony have been added, giving the new edition comprehensive coverage of evidentiary foundations for admissibility along with illustrative transcripts of predicate questions.
• Chapter 15 “The Cases and Assignments” containing 79 trial advocacy performance assignments is added to the book.