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Anderson on Advocacy

Successful trial lawyers are constantly working to improve their trial techniques and advocacy skills. Anderson on Advocacy presents effective approaches and advice on all aspects of trial practice. Carol Anderson, an award-winning clinical professor, illustrates her points with entertaining and educational examples from many of America's most successful trial lawyers, including: Michael Tigar, David Berg, Howard Nations, and John Edwards. These outstanding trial lawyers will help your students master the tactics and strategy of trial advocacy.

• >> TABLE OF CONTENTS
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
  Chapter 1
  BASIC COURTROOM DECORUM AND ELEMENTS OF PERSUASION
  
  I. Basic Courtroom Decorum
  II. Elements of Persuasion
  
  Chapter II
  DEVELOPING A THEME AND THEORY OF THE CASE
  
  Chapter III
  VOIR DIRE
  
  Chapter 4
  OPENING STATEMENT
  
  Chapter 5
  WITNESS PREPARATION
  
  I. Threshold Issues
  II. Mechanics of Witness Preparation
  
  Chapter 6
  DIRECT EXAMINATION
  
  Chapter 7
  REFRESHING RECOLLECTION AND PAST RECOLLECTION RECORDED
  
  Chapter 8
  MAKING A RECORD
  
  Chapter 9
  LAYING FOUNDATIONS AND INTRODUCING EXHIBITS
  
  Chapter 10
  CROSS-EXAMINATION
  
  I. INTRODUCTION
  II. TECHNIQUES
  
  Chapter 11
  IMPEACHMENT AND REBUTTAL
  
  Chapter 12
  CLOSING ARGUMENT, JURY INSTRUCTIONS, AND VERDICT
  
  I. CLOSING ARGUMENT
  II. JURY INSTRUCTIONS, VERDICT, AND POST VERDICT INTERVIEWS
  
  Chapter 13
  OBJECTIONS AND OFFERS OF PROOF
  
  I. OBJECTIONS
  II. OFFERS OF PROOF, MOTIONS TO STRIKE, AND LIMITING INSTRUCTIONS
  
  Chapter 14
  EXAMINATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES
  
  I. INTRODUCTION
  II. DIRECT EXAMINATION
  III. CROSS-EXAMINATION
  
  Chapter 15
  MOTIONS IN LIMINE
  
  October 13, 2010

• >> AUTHOR
  
  
  • Carol B. Anderson
    
    
    • Carol Anderson is a clinical professor of law at Wake Forest University School of Law and is director of their Trial Practice and the Litigation Clinic. A prolific author, Anderson was the recipient of the 1994 Richard S. Jacobson Award for Excellence in Teaching Trial Advocacy, the 1996 Charles Becton Award for Trial Advocacy Teaching, and the 1997 Joseph Branch Award for teaching excellence. As director of the school's Trial Practice and the Litigation Clinic, Anderson has coached several award-winning trial competition teams, receiving the Gumpert Award for Excellence in Teaching Trial Advocacy from the American Bar Association. She was previously employed as an assistant district attorney in Winston-Salem. Anderson is the author of North Carolina Trial Practice (1996), and Anderson on Advocacy (2000), both highly regarded trial advocacy textbooks. She is currently working on a third with co-author Mark Mandell. Anderson has served as the president of her local bar association, chaired several state and national bar association committees, and has served on the North Carolina State Bar Ethics Committee since 2003.