Comparative Trial Advocacy Jan and Susan Design Comparative Trial Advocacy Jan and Susan Design

Winning Acquittals Against All Odds

Runtime: 3:23:42

Performed by: Edward Henry KC and Jessica Clarke

Synopsis:
A presentation of Barristers from the United Kingdom, including Queen’s Counsel Edward Henry, and Jessica Clark.  The topics range far and wide with views from England, and contrasting American view-points.  Their accents are so regal that they alone are worthy of listening.

Methods & Techniques Discussed: (not limited to those listed)

  • Narratives and How to Present Them

  • Theories of the Case

  • Themes of the Case

  • Strategy on Right to Silence (or the 5th Amendment in America)

  • History of Trial Law

  • Trials and Their Affects on Closing Argument or Summation

  • On Cross – Comparative Legal Systems

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Constructive Cross-Examination Jan and Susan Design Constructive Cross-Examination Jan and Susan Design

Cross Examination in Trucking Cases

Runtime: 3:12:30

Performed by: Roger Dodd & Joe Fried

Methods & Techniques Discussed: (not limited to those listed)

  • Integrating the Specific Narrative Into Major Cross-Examinations at Depositions and Trial

  • Narrowing the Focus Within the Narrative

  • Examples of Fatigued Drivers, Extreme Caution, Scanning While Driving, and Attitude While Driving

  • Making Adverse Witnesses Want to Like You on Cross

  • Measuring Tone, Conversation, and Personalization

  • Having a Plan

  • Sudden Emergencies

  • Knowing When to Hold Back Techniques From Deposition

  • Sequencing

  • Goals at Deposition

  • Objections at Depositions

  • Managing Fear While on Cross

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Advanced Cross Examination: Remote/Zoom Cross (Episode 2 of 4)

Featuring: Chuck Rathburn

Episode 2: Emphasis on CAMERA CROSS, Featuring Constructive Cross-Examination in both Depositions and Trial

Methods & Techniques Discussed: (not limited to those listed)

  • Verbal Requests for Admissions on Cross-Examination at Depositions

  • Listening in Cross-Examination

  • Storytelling

  • Neuroscience

  • Word Selection

  • Making Their Expert Our Expert

  • Chapters in Depositions and in Zoom Depositions

  • Chapters Based on Feelings

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