Intermediate Trial Advocacy

Catalog description

This course advances students’ trial advocacy skills through complex, performance-based exercises that simulate real-world courtroom dynamics. Students refine techniques in direct and cross-examination, develop advanced strategies for introducing exhibits and demonstratives, and practice making and responding to objections under pressure. Instruction includes motion practice, voir dire, and persuasive argumentation with an emphasis on adapting case theory and theme to evolving trial circumstances. Students engage in multi-witness examinations and extended trial segments, integrating professional ethics, cultural humility, and access-to-justice considerations throughout. Designed for students who have completed R202, this course focuses on building confidence and precision in live trial simulations.