Standard text on trying cases to judges and juries. Covers case planning, opening statements, direct and cross examination, demonstratives and exhibits, expert testimony, closings, trial lawyer ethics and more! Basic Trial Advocacy has been published after the author's fifteen plus years of active teaching of trial advocacy, largely at Harvard Law School, but also at the University of Maine School of Law and in various NITA, law firm, and pro bono educational programs for both law students and young lawyers. This book reflects the understanding of why trial lawyers do what they do. Systematic understanding of the trial advocacy process will enables a new lawyer to better apply the experience and observations that are available to develop the skills of trial practice. This publication is designed for use in law school trial advocacy or trial practice courses. It is also written to be useful to lawyers in connection with firm-sponsored or independent trial advocacy training. SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 1) The Training of Trial Lawyers 2) The Task of the Trial Lawyer 3) Trial Lawyers' Ethics 4) Developing a Fact Theory of the Case 5) Courtroom Conduct and Manners 6) Opening Statements 7) Direct Examination 8) Cross-Examination 9) Evidentiary Objections 10) Illustrative Aids 11) Exhibits in Evidence 12) Expert Witnesses 13) Summation Index About the Author: Peter L. Murry, Esq. has been a successful trial lawyer in Maine for over 25 years and is the Braucher Visiting Professor of Law from Practice at Harvard Law School, where he has regularly taught Evidence, Trial Advocacy, Comparative Civil Justice and The American Legal System. He is the author of several books and articles on evidence, comparative law and civil justice. He has been Consultant to the Maine Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence since 1973. Currently he practices law as of counsel to the firm of Murray, Plumb & Murray in Portland, Maine. His other featured book sold through Tower Publishing is Field & Murray, Maine Evidence, 6th Edition. Basic Trial Advocacy describes and teaches the essential skills and techniques required for successful presentation of cases in court. It is the official text for the well known Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop. Coverage includes not only the processes of direct and cross examination, opening statements, summations, but also the use of illustrative aids and exhibits in evidence, presentation of expert testimony, effective evidentiary objections and impeachment. There is a special chapter on Trial Lawyer Ethics which addresses the most common ethical issues that arise at trial. The clear and uncluttered style of this work makes it easy to read and use for law student and legal practitioner alike. There are abundant examples to illustrate the various points discussed. This book has been used in law school and CLE trial advocacy programs across the country since 1995.

Basic Trial Advocacy

Murray, Peter L.

Rules & Procedures

Little Brown & Co Law & Business

Law in the United States

Law in the United States, Second Edition, is a concise presentation of the salient elements of the American legal system designed mainly for jurists of civil law backgrounds. It focuses on features of American law likely to be least familiar to jurists from other legal traditions, such as American common law, the federal structure of the U.S. legal system, and the American constitutional tradition. The use of comparative law technique permits foreign jurists to appreciate the American legal system in comparison with legal systems with which they are already familiar. Chapters in the second edition also cover such topics as American civil justice, criminal law, jury trial, choice of laws and international jurisdiction, the American legal profession, and the influence of American law in the global legal order.

Von Mehren, Arthur T.

Criminal Law

Cambridge University Press

Law in the United States, Second Edition, is a concise presentation of the salient elements of the American legal system designed mainly for jurists of civil law backgrounds. It focuses on features of American law likely to be least familiar to jurists from other legal traditions, such as American common law, the federal structure of the U.S. legal system, and the American constitutional tradition. The use of comparative law technique permits foreign jurists to appreciate the American legal system in comparison with legal systems with which they are already familiar. Chapters in the second edition also cover such topics as American civil justice, criminal law, jury trial, choice of laws and international jurisdiction, the American legal profession, and the influence of American law in the global legal order.

Aspen Law & Business

In its Third Edition, this problem-based casebook achieves a new standard of efficiency and effectiveness. Organized around the Federal Rules of Evidence for the widest possible application, Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence, Third Edition, reflects its authors' expertise as scholars and as teachers. 
Every element of the casebook is tailored for classroom success and true student understanding: 
<li>problems focus on realistic practice issues </li>
<li>materials give students a solid understanding of how the Federal Rules apply in the real world </li>
<li>the authors expose the underlying principles, policy choices, and jurisprudential values on which the Federal Rules are based through a careful blend of cases and problems </li>
<li>exclusive focus on a single set of rules facilitates both teaching and learning. </li>
<li>annual supplementation with the current version of the Federal Rules of Evidence, proposed-but-not-enacted rules, and other selected material (including the California Rules of Evidence) ensures timely coverage of developments What's new in the Third Edition? 
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<li>for the first time, an accompanying Website that can be accessed by professors, students and practitioners contains all the cases and problems from the book, as well as the full text of the Federal Rules of Evidence, topical indices, sample course syllabi, and other materials </li>
<li>new co-author Peter Murray of Harvard Law School adds his distinctive voice to the text </li>
<li>updated problems succinctly capture evidence issues and stimulate class discussion </li>
<li>scrupulous revision of the entire casebook, with a wealth of new material on privilege, expert testimony, the rape-shield law, and DNA evidence. </li>
<li>reorganized chapters on character evidence, witnesses, and credibility </li>
<li>new explanatory and transitional text for deeper understanding and easier comprehension of the relationships between concepts If you plan on taking a problem-oriented approach to evidence in your next course, use the casebook that set and continues to refine the standard, Green, Nesson, and Murray's Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence, Third Edition.
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Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence

Nesson, Charles R.

Green, Eric D.

Federal Rules of Evidence: With Select Legislative History and Case Supplement 2005 Edition

ASPEN PUB.

***Federal Rules of Evidence with Select Legislative History 2007: Statutory and Case Supplement***

Federal Rules of Evidence With Select Legislative History 2007 (Statutory and Case Supplement)

Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Maine Evidence

Field, Richard H.

Tower Pub Co

Lexis Pub.

Standard text on trying cases to judges and juries. Covers case planning, opening statements, direct and cross examination, demonstratives and exhibits, expert testimony, closings, trial lawyer ethics and more!

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Basic Trial Advocacy

Law in the United States

Law in the United States

Basic Trial Advocacy

Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence

Federal Rules of Evidence: With Select Legislative History and Case Supplement 2005 Edition

Federal Rules of Evidence With Select Legislative History 2007 (Statutory and Case Supplement)

Maine Evidence

Maine Evidence

Basic Trial Advocacy