Trial Advocacy Topics

Catalog description

7122. 1 hour. Course designed to provide advanced coverage by focusing on a narrow topic within a broader area. This course may be repeated if the covered topic has changed. Examples of topics that may be covered in this course include expert witnesses, exhibits, and cross examination. For example, Trial Advocacy: Expert Witness teaches and assesses students on the rules regarding expert witnesses, from discovery rules to the evidentiary rules governing their testimony. The course focuses on students reviewing a real case file, real discovery documents, and independent research in order to draft a motion to exclude expert testimony. In Trial Advocacy: Jury Selection, this hands-on class teaches the legal, practical, and ethical issues that attorneys face during jury selection. After learning the law underlying jury selection and discussing psychological techniques to predict juror favorability, the class culminates in a live mock voir dire, where each student questions a panel, exercises challenges and strikes, and picks a jury.