Dynamics of Trial Practice: Problems and Materials (American Casebook)

Contains Strategic Litigation Planning and Jury Selection; Opening Statement–Exercise in Res Ipsa Loquitur; Objections Which Make Strategic or Tactical Sense; Putting the Witness' Honesty and Intelligence on Display; Making Factual Assertions Under the Guise of Asking Questions; Using the Theory and Theme to Bracket Your Case and Using the Opposing Witnesses to Support Your Theory and Theme; Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses–Presenting Your Opinion Testimony Impressively But Clearly; Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses–Demystifying Opposing Experts; Instructions Conference–Obtaining Judicial Imprimatur on Your Theory and Theme; Closing Argument–Using the Theory and Theme to Answer the "Why" Questions; Trial Motions.