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Strategies for Witness Examination: Yours and Theirs
Strategies for Witness Examination: Yours and Theirs
Thursday, October 17, 2024 |12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Format: Webinar
Description:
Join Claude E. Ducloux, Board-Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and also licensed in California and Colorado, as well as a former Chair of the Texas Center for Legal Ethics, for a comprehensive 60-minute presentation. This session will include an annotated PowerPoint covering essential aspects of witness preparation and courtroom presentation. Key topics include:
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When and why you need witnesses
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Knowing your elements of proof for the claim or defense
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Explaining the witness’s role – demeanor and presentation
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The importance of credibility: body language, certainty, and skill
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Understanding your own case theory: the elevator speech
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Making your questions comprehensible
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Making the answers comprehensible
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Choreography and use of exhibits
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Framing issues and witness preparation
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Witness advisories for training
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Using the witness stand
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Special skills for handling experts
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Avoiding improper objections and arguments
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Admitting your weak points and finding theirs
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Reading the opposing witness’s body language
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Listening skills: critical to success
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Never forget your audience – different age groups learn differently
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The danger of cross-examining a non-credible witness
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Ethical considerations involving the presentation of evidence
Participants will receive access to the PowerPoint presentation for further reference and study.
Click Here to View Program Agenda & Faculty
Program Fee:
Free to Members | $69 for Nonmembers
CLE Credit:
New York: 1.0 Skills
New Jersey: 1.1 General
California: 1.0 General
Pennsylvania: 1.0 General
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
This program provides transitional/non-transitional credit to all attorneys
For New York Attorneys:
Newly admitted attorneys (those admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) may participate in Skills CLE courses in live, nontraditional formats, where questions are allowed during the program (through December 31, 2024 per recent guidance of the CLE Board – for more information,
click here
).
Speaker:
Claude E. Ducloux
, Director of Education, Affinipay-LawPay
Sponsoring Organization
:
Small Law Firm Center
Thank you to our sponsor.
Information about our Financial Aid Policy and Application can be found
here
.
When
10/17/2024
Where
Online Event
Thursday, 17 October 2024
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