TRIAL OBJECTIONS

Catalog description

Satisfies Experiential Learning. TRIAL OBJECTIONS is a performance course that is intended to bridge the gap between the Evidence course and the Trial Advocacy courses. Students participate in trial simulations with emphasis on understanding and applying the rules of evidence, not on trial tactics and strategy. The course starts with simulations involving objections to questions asked at trial and to exhibits offered in the course of trial. Then the focus shifts to motions in limine. Students will argue motions on topics such as computer animations, video exhibits depicting experiments and re-creations, and oral testimony about subsequent remedial measures. They will also participate in Daubert hearings on topics such as handwriting identification, expertise on eyewitness testimony, and latent fingerprint identification. Enrollment is limited so that each student may do a substantial performance in class.