Litigation Skills

Spring 2008

Deposition Workshop

• DEALING WITH THE OBSTREPEROUS OPPONENT (pdf)
• INFORMATION GATHERING AND HANDLING EXHIBITS (pdf)
• Ethics of Witness Interviewing & Testimony Preparation (pdf)
• DEPOSITIONS (pdf)
• DEFENDING THE DEPOSITION (pdf)
• WITNESS PREPARATION (pdf)
• GAINING ADMISSIONS AND THEORY TESTING (pdf)

Trial Advocacy

• Syllabus (pdf)
• ASSIGNMENTS—CIVIL SMALL GROUPS (pdf)
• ASSIGNMENTS—CRIMINAL SMALL GROUPS (pdf)
• RULES FOR CRIMINAL FINAL JURY TRIALS (pdf)
• RULES FOR CIVIL FINAL JURY TRIALS (pdf)
• RULES FOR CRIMINAL BENCH TRIALS (pdF)
• RULES FOR CIVIL BENCH TRIALS (pdf)
• Inspiring With Your Trial Story (pdf)
• Problem 1 (pdf)
• Problem 1 Diagram (pdf)
• Problem 28 (pdf)
• Problem 31 (pdf)
• PRETRIAL ORDER (pdf)
• Trial Advocacy Adjunct Roster (pdf)
• CROSS EXAMINATION (pdf)
• DIRECT EXAMINATION (pdf)
• ASSIGNMENTS—HYBRID SMALL GROUPS
• Objections (pdf)
• FOUNDATIONS & PREDICATES (pdf)
• EXPERTS (pdf)
• CLOSING ARGUMENT (pdf)
• USING CHARACTER EVIDENCE PROPERLY (pdf)
• JURY SELECTION (pdf)
• OPENING STATEMENTS (pdf)
• THEORY & THEME (pdf)

Building Blocks

• Building Block 1
• Building Block 2
• Building Block 3
• Building Block 4
• Building Block 5
• Building Block 6
• Building Block 7
• Building Blocks 8 and 9
• Building Block 10
• Building Block 11
• Building Block 12