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Trials Strategy, Skills, and the New Powers of Persuasion: 2d: TEACHER'S MANUAL
This realistic and practical text from the highly regarded leader in the field responds to significant changes in trial theory and practice:
- recognition of the decisive role of the jurors' perspective, including how jurors process and evaluate people, information, and arguments, and how they reach collective decisions
- the increased necessity of an effective opening statement and how to construct and deliver opening statements for maximum strategic value
- the new importance of visuals, with an entire chapter dedicated to this crucial element of today's trials
Tom Mauet draws on his extensive experience in the classroom and the courtroom to set a strong foundation for practice by:
- presenting a methodology for developing an effective trial strategy and preparing for trial
- explaining and demonstrating the skills that must be developed and used in trials
- sequencing topics in order of the stages of a jury trial
- including a CD-ROM that provides a trial notebook, video presentations of evidence (including interactive ones), and examples of opening statements, direct examination, and closing arguments for civil and criminal cases
- creating an exceptionally helpful Teacher's Manual
- recognition of the decisive role of the jurors' perspective, including how jurors process and evaluate people, information, and arguments, and how they reach collective decisions
- the increased necessity of an effective opening statement and how to construct and deliver opening statements for maximum strategic value
- the new importance of visuals, with an entire chapter dedicated to this crucial element of today's trials
Tom Mauet draws on his extensive experience in the classroom and the courtroom to set a strong foundation for practice by:
- presenting a methodology for developing an effective trial strategy and preparing for trial
- explaining and demonstrating the skills that must be developed and used in trials
- sequencing topics in order of the stages of a jury trial
- including a CD-ROM that provides a trial notebook, video presentations of evidence (including interactive ones), and examples of opening statements, direct examination, and closing arguments for civil and criminal cases
- creating an exceptionally helpful Teacher's Manual
- GenresLaw
620 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2004
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December 10, 2008This is how you do a cross, folks:
Q: Mr. Lacy, you don't like the defendant, do you?
A: I don't care about him one way or another.
Q: You used to have a girlfriend named Marcy Jackson, right?
A: Right.
Q: But she's not your girlfriend any more, is he?
A: No.
Q: In fact, she's now the defendant's girlfriend, right?
A: That what I hear.
Q: And that mad you angry?
A: Not really.
Q: And since then you've been looking for a way to get back at the defendant for stealing your girlfriend, isn't that true?
A: No.
Nailed!! Wait...
Q: Mr. Lacy, you don't like the defendant, do you?
A: I don't care about him one way or another.
Q: You used to have a girlfriend named Marcy Jackson, right?
A: Right.
Q: But she's not your girlfriend any more, is he?
A: No.
Q: In fact, she's now the defendant's girlfriend, right?
A: That what I hear.
Q: And that mad you angry?
A: Not really.
Q: And since then you've been looking for a way to get back at the defendant for stealing your girlfriend, isn't that true?
A: No.
Nailed!! Wait...
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