Litigation Skills
Fall 2009
Course Director: Peter T. Hoffman
Email: pthoffman@uh.edu
Phone: 713.743.2546
- Syllabus
- Rules for Bench Trials
- Rules for Final Jury Trials
- Problem 1 - Nita Liquor Control
- Problem 1 - Diagram
- Problem 2 - GENTRY v. SMITH
- Problem 3 - STATE v. CARROLL
- Problem 6
- Problem 202 - JENKINS V. BENSON
- Glenn Report
- Buchanan Report
- Perdue, Inspiring With Your Trial Story
- Small group assignments
- Voir Dire readings
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
Lecture Slides
- DIRECT EXAMINATION
- CROSS EXAMINATION
- FOUNDATIONS & PREDICATES
- OBJECTIONS
- EXPERTS
- USING CHARACTER EVIDENCE PROPERLY
- THEORY & THEME
- JURY SELECTION
- CLOSING ARGUMENT
- OPENING STATEMENTS
- MOTIONS IN LIMINE