Pretrial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy [Connected eBook with Study Center] (Aspen Coursebook)

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook with Study Center on CasebookConnect, including: lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities; practice questions from your favorite study aids; an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Pretrial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy, 6th Ed. has it all: insightful text, best-practice instruction, realistic examples, experiential assignments, and an online toolbox fully equipped with all the resources and materials of pretrial advocacy that readers or instructors could possibly need. The updated Sixth Edition integrates changes resulting from the impact on legal practice of the COVID pandemic, as well as recent developments in law and technology. This distinguished author team continues to emphasize that civility, ethics, and cultural competency are key to professional effectiveness at every stage of pretrial advocacy. The sixth edition has a Connected eBook on CasebookConnect, where students and instructors will find case files, videos of depositions and ADR proceedings, sample motions and responses, sample pleadings, PowerPoints, and much more. New to the Sixth Edition: Changes in pretrial practice in response to COVID-19, including, among others: taking and defending depositions, engaging in mediation, and arguing motions remotely Updated coverage of electronically stored information (ESI) and e-discovery practice Advancements in persuasive litigation visuals and modern technology New material on witness preparation A comprehensive system of organization for pretrial and trial Professors and students will benefit from: The best-practice approach of a distinguished author team with deep roots in teaching and trial practice A wellspring of pedagogy that includes 79 performance learning assignments; criminal and civil case files; video of depositions and ADR proceedings; and numerous sample motions, briefs, and pleadings Checklists in each chapter that highlight key concepts, procedural steps, and ethical considerations Coverage of both civil and criminal cases in examples in the text and in the online case files (one civil wrongful death casefile and one criminal homicide case file) The authors’ emphasis on the importance of cultural competency and diversity sensitivity, as discussed in Chapter One and reflected in examples throughout the text