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South Texas College of Law
THE KEYS TO EFFECTIVE TRIAL ADVOCACY
with James W. McElhaney

VIDEO SHOWING:
January 26, 2001




Accredited by the State Bar of Texas MCLE Department for 6.5 MCLE hours,
including 1 hour of legal ethics.





Friday, January 26, 2001


7:30 Registration
8:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Phil Allred, Vice President of Technology and Interim CLE Director, South
Texas College of Law




8:30 The Ethics of Advocacy
9:30 Jury Selection
While You're Picking a Jury, They're Picking a Lawyer

How to Talk with the People who will Decide Your Case
Effective Ways to Earn your Credibility
Picking the Jury that Likes your Case


10:15 Morning Break
10:30 Opening Statement
How To Tell the Winning Story

The Essential Goals for an Opening Statement
Five Secrets of a Persuasive Opening
How to Be the Guide They Can Trust


11:15 Direct Examination
The Secret of Visual Testimony that Makes the Jury "Eye Witnesses" to your
Facts

The Language of Visualization
The Picture Method of Direct
How You Can Make it "Happen Now"


12:15 LUNCH (provided)

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1:15 Cross-Examination
Your Opportunity to Testify to the "Rest of the Story"

The Language of Cross-Examination
Dynamic Witness Control
The Keys to Effective Impeachment



2:15 Expert Witnesses
Make Your Expert a Reliable Teacher instead of a Hired Gun the Jury Will
Ignore

Making Expert Testimony Actually Come Alive
Five Ways to Use an Expert
Nine Ways to Cross-Examine an Expert



2:45 Afternoon Break
3:00 Expert Witnesses continued
3:30 Final Argument
How to Make the Jury Want You to Win

Solving Problems with Final Argument
Using the Sense of Injustice
A Treasury of Winning Arguments


4:30 Adjourn

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