Description
Because bad answers lose cases, witness preparation is one of the most important parts of a litigator’s toolbox. Unfortunately, conventional witness preparation techniques are seldom effective and often lead clients to testify poorly.
Register for this 75-minute video presentation, taught by expert faculty Kenneth R. Berman, author of the acclaimed ABA bestselling book Reinventing Witness Preparation: Unlocking the Secrets to Testimonial Success. This course will provide an in-depth analysis of how conventional witness preparation can handicap your case. Learn about new models and strategies to produce much more effective answers and to equip your clients and witnesses to gain the upper hand in depositions and on cross!
Turn witness testimony into your most effective litigation tool with the new model and preparation strategies this course will show you, including:
- How to teach witnesses ways to give well-informed truthful answers that avoid pitfalls lurking in the questions
- How to enable witnesses to answer ambiguous questions and yes-or-no questions in ways that support the theme of the case
- How to empower witnesses to testify so the factfinder understands the testimony as the witness meant it to be understood
- How to protect witnesses from perils that conventional methods of witness preparation fail to prevent and often magnify
- How to prepare witnesses so they can earn the factfinder’s trust, build credibility, and prevail