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Trial Advocacy Before Judges, Jurors, and Arbitrators

6th Edition
Roger Haydock | John Sonsteng
ISBN: 9781642428551
Subject: Trial Practice
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 876
Copyright: 2020 | Status: In Stock
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This widely adopted book has become the preeminent advocacy text for law students and lawyers. The chapters comprehensively explore planning and preparation, procedures and motions, evidence and objections, direct and cross examinations, the use of exhibits, opening statements and summation, jury selection, and verdicts and appeals. These chapters enable students and attorneys to become and improve as highly competent, responsible, and ethical trial lawyers. They will learn how to effectively prepare and present civil and criminal cases in state and federal courts and to be excellent advocates in judicial, arbitral, and administrative law forums.

This Sixth Edition covers the strategies, tactics, and techniques applicable to effective advocacy and provides examples and illustrations of successful advocates. Novel materials include the evidentiary impact of electronic information, the latest computer generated exhibits, and new foundations for the introduction of emails and social network communications. Examples from history, current events, literature, films, and the arts demonstrate advocacy skills in an interesting and relevant manner that makes learning advocacy both highly educational and entertaining. A companion Supplement contains complete transcripts of a civil jury trial, an arbitration, and an administrative hearing along with the federal rules of evidence and selected rules of procedure.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Coursebook
Publication Date: 05/14/2020

Roger Haydock, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

John Sonsteng, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

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Significant additions and edits were made each chapter to make them both more comprehensive and concise. These include: new approaches and strategies involving story telling techniques, the use of contemporary social media evidence, the availability of new computer generated data and exhibits, the use of modern technology to prepare and present openings and closings, refined effective approaches to witness examination tactics, improved questions for direct and cross-examinations, new exhibit examples, and updated federal case law and civil and criminal procedure and evidence rule revisions.

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