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| South Texas Law School Houston Texas |
Last week I spoke on “Great Cross-Examinations and Techniques” at the 2018 Hurricane Harvey Regional Training conducted by the Texas District and County Attorneys Association. My half-day presentations were at Victoria College in Victoria, Texas on June 6; South Texas College of Law in Houston on June 7; and the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont on June 8.
The
Hurricane Harvey Regional Training program was developed because hurricane Harvey
devastated much of the Texas coast from Corpus Christi to Beaumont, and had a
severe economic impact, which prevented prosecutors and their investigators
from attending past continuing legal education courses. The Texas District and
County Attorneys Association developed the Regional Training program to meet
the need for this overdue training. It was a joy to make these
presentations for such a worthy cause.
Great
cross-examinations in history and on film can teach great trial techniques.
They provide lessons in what works in a courtroom and what doesn’t. With the aid of famous movie clips of
cross-examinations and actual crosses in legendary trials, the presentation
explores the best in cross-examination skills and strategies.
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| Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont Texas |
This “Great Cross-Examinations & Techniques” covers:
- How to identify and select the content for a winning cross
- Techniques for controlling
evasive and other difficult witnesses
- Methods for constructing a
persuasive, storytelling cross
- How to successfully cross-examine expert witnesses
- Construction
cross-examinations
- Demolition cross-examinations
- Character and conduct of the
effective cross-examiner
- Crosses in historical trials
– O. J. Simpson, Scopes, McMartin Preschool, Zacarias Maussaoui trials
among others
- Memorable, instructional
movie cross-examinations from Anatomy of a Murder to the Case against 8
documentary.
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