NEW PRETRIAL ADVOCACY BOOK LAUNCHED

Complete Pretrial Litigation Package

My co-authors and I are delighted that Wolters Kluwer, Aspen Publications has just published Pretrial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy Fourth Edition. This edition provides an excellent conceptual and practical foundation for pretrial litigation for both practitioners, teachers and law students. With coverage of both criminal and civil pretrial practice, the focus remains on federal and state litigation. Professional responsibility and civility are emphasized throughout the text. Checklists of skills, techniques, standards and ethics appear in each chapter. 78 assignments are designed for law school courses or professional development continuing legal education programs involving role-play performances.

CD and DVD The inclusive package includes a CD with a wrongful death and criminal homicide case; a DVD with videos on depositions and touring a crime scene as well as visuals for use in pretrial or trial. The book also comes with a comprehensive Teacher’s Manual.

Website: The book has an excellent companion Website that includes articles on pretrial, sample pleadings, links to valuable resources and much more.

This Fourth Edition of Pretrial Advocacy, revised to reflect current Rules, has a new chapter on pretrial conferences in civil and criminal cases and expanded coverage of criminal case plea negotiations. The revised chapter on depositions includes new material on making and meeting objections, conferring with the client, and the interplay between the deposition and cross-examination. The practical effects of the Twombly/Iqbaldecisions are explored. New information is included on investigating social media during pretrial preparation. New developments in discovery—criminal prosecutors’ new responsibilities under MRPC 3.8 (g) and e-discovery―as well as new technologies are introduced. A File of Exemplary Forms contains sample documents essential to pretrial practice, such as client intake form, engagement and non-engagement letters, settlement brochure, and an agreement to mediate.

Features:
• coverage of both criminal and civil pretrial practice
• focus on both federal and state litigation
• emphasis on professional responsibility and civility
• checklists of skills, techniques, standards, and ethics
• 78 assignments for student role-play performances
• CD with case files
o wrongful death
o criminal homicide
• DVD containing:
o video of how to take a deposition and use it at trial
o video tour of the crime scene
o visuals for use in pretrial or trial
 mediation slide shows
 animations
 a settlement documentary movie
• excellent Website that includes articles on pretrial subjects, sample pleadings, links to valuable Websites, and more
• Comprehensive Teacher’s Manual with witness instruction for role-play assignments

Thoroughly updated, the revised Fourth Edition presents:
• a new chapter on pretrial conferences in civil and criminal cases
• expanded coverage of criminal case plea negotiations
• Rules that have been updated since the previous edition
• revised chapter on depositions with new material
o making and meeting objections
o conferring with the client
o the interplay between the deposition and cross-examination
• Twombly/Iqbal turbulence update and the effect of the decisions
• new information on investigating social media during pretrial preparation
• new developments in discovery
o criminal prosecutors’ new responsibilities under MRPC 3.8 (g)
o e-discovery
• discussion of new technologies
• sample Exemplary Forms in the bind-in CD
o client intake form
o engagement and non-engagement letters
o settlement brochure
o agreement to mediate