Editorial Reviews
Book Description
To develop trial skills, students must practice techniques and strategies under the watchful eyes of experienced faculty. NITA's learning-by-doing programs are based on this premise, as is our well-known trial advocacy textbook Problems in Trial Advocacy. The new, revised 2003 Edition of Problems in Trial Advocacy is now available.
For the first time, the problems in this textbook are date specific. They simulate actual courtroom situations and are designed to develop the basic skills necessary for all trial lawyers. The situations are realistic and in many cases are based, in whole or in part, on actual trials. They involve a variety of both civil and criminal cases. Also for the first time in this edition, the exhibits are included on a CD.
The new edition of Problems in Trial Advocacy is also designed so that fact patterns used for direct and cross-examination problems contain two witness examinations per fact pattern, which are also used for other exercises in the course, such as exhibits or impeachment, among others. As a result, students spend less time learning fact patterns and more time developing their skills as trial lawyers.
Using the text, students learn to appreciate that a trial is not merely a collection of independent steps. Rather it is the process of developing-through opening statements, direct and cross-examination of lay and expert witnesses, introduction of exhibits, impeachment and rehabilitation, and closing arguments-a well-conceived, planned, and delivered case theory. An effective case theory will be one that supports a judgment in your favor as a matter of law, answers the question of what really happened and why for the fact finder, and persuades the fact finder that your client should prevail as a matter of fairness and justice.
Use Problems in Trial Advocacy alone or with your choice of civil or criminal case files from NITA's extensive library. It also can be combined with Steven Lubet's Modern Trial Advocacy: Analysis and Practice for a complete advocacy course.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
About the Author
Donald H. Beskind practices with the law firm of Twiggs, Abrams, Strickland & Trehy, P.A. in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he specializes in plaintiffs' tort litigation. He also is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Duke University School of Law and Director of its trial skills training program. Don has been a program director for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy since 1988. He is co-author of Problems and Cases in Trial Advocacy (NITA), Developing Deposition Skills (NITA) and North Carolina Evidentiary Foundations (LEXIS). He has published articles and spoken on numerous litigation topics and has consulted with major American and English law firms, developing their litigation skills programs and teaching litigation skills.
Don received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut and an LL.M. from Duke. In 1992, he received the "Outstanding CLE Teacher Award" from the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America," and is a Fellow of numerous organizations, including the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers and the American Board of Trial Advocates. Don serves on the Board of Directors for the Private Adjudication Center, Inc. and is on the Board of Trustees for ATLA's National College of Advocacy.
Anthony J. Bocchino serves as Editor-in-Chief of NITA, where he has been a training consultant on evidence, advocacy, and litigation for over 20 years. Bocchino is the Jack E. Feinberg Professor of Litigation at Temple University Beaseley School of Law where he was previously Director of Clinical Legal Education.
He is the author of more than forty books and articles on evidence, trial advocacy, civil litigation and professional responsibility. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the International Society of Barristers, and an American Law Institute member. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Problems in Trial Advocacy,Anthony J. Bocchino,Donald H. Beskind,Nita Publications,1556814941,General,Legal Reference / Law Profession
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