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Program Schedule
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8:30 � 11:00 |
Trials of the Century � Why are
they famous, what can we learn from them?
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Cross�Examination: OJ Simpson Trial �
1995
Observe the
cross-examination of Mark Fuhrman by F. Lee Bailey
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● Accepted
principles of cross-examination
● Adjusting and breaking the principles of advocacy to
fit the circumstances
● Techniques that can make a cross-examination great. |
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See the cross-examination of Ellen Aaronson by Marcia Clark
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● How winning the
battle can lose the war |
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Watch the carefully structured cross-examination of Criminalist
Dennis Fung
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● Surprising the
witness � Victory is in the documents |
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(10:15 � 10:30) |
Break (Approximate)
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The Scopes Monkey Trial � 1925
John T. Scopes� trial for
teaching evolution in public school
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● Listen to the
cross-examination of William Jennings Bryan by Clarence Darrow
● See the great guidelines of cross followed |
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11:00 � 12:00 |
Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial � 1935
(ETHICS)
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● The Ethics of
Dealing With Difficult Witnesses and Counsel
● The Ethics of Rambo Litigation tactics |
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12:00 � 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 � 2:10 |
The Nuremberg Trials � 1945-1946
Cross-Examination of the Difficult Witness
View Reich Marshall Herman
Goring�s cross-examination by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H.
Jackson
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● Methods of
controlling the difficult witness
● Appealing to the court when violations of control occur |
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2:10 � 2:25 |
Leopold and Loeb Trial � 1924
Closing Argument Techniques
Listen to Darrow�s arguments and learn to �turn an argument�
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● Take the same
facts, but argue the opposite conclusion
● Attribute the same motives to the opposing party |
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(2:25 � 2:40) |
Break (Approximate) |
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2:40 � 3:20 |
The People v. Clarence Darrow � 1911
(L. A. Times Bombing Trial)
Watch Darrow�s closing
argument in his own bribery trial |
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● Darrow�s favorite arguments used in virtually every case |
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● Putting your
client in the white hat.
● Framing the issues
● Flattery will get you everywhere |
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3:20 � 3:55 |
The Clinton Impeachment
Favorite arguments with a 21st Century Twist - Great arguments have
not changed throughout the years |
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3:55 � 4:00 |
What Was the Trial of the Century?
- Learning from the Trials of the Century
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