Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy is completely revised and updated to reflect today s criminal and civil trial practice. It presents premier trial principles and strategies as well as state-of-the-art trial technology for every phase from trial preparation through closing argument. Planning techniques for developing and using case theories and themes are explained in depth. An accompanying DVD that shows model trial performances by experienced trial lawyers, a movie of the crime scene, and trial animations makes Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy an outstanding, indispensable resource for law students and practicing trial lawyers.

Trial Advocacy: Assignments and Case Files is a completely new and separate companion book to Trial Advocacy: Planning Analysis and Strategy . This Assignments book provides the experience of thinking and acting as a trial lawyer with 84 role-play assignments in both a criminal homicide and a related civil wrongful death case. The Assignments book cross-references directly to Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy. A CD in the back cover of the Assignments book includes civil and criminal case files. A Teacher s Manual comes with the Assignments book and includes a CD with an Actors Guide (Witness materials for role-playing the Assignments).

Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy, Second Edition includes:

a DVD with a model trial based on a real case and, introduced by leading true crime author Ann Rule; a movie of the crime scene and trial animations

website for faculty and students links to software

Trial persuasion principles applicable to all stages of trial

Trial preparation, planning and strategies

state-of-the art technology for developing and using visuals

up-to-date ethical boundaries for trial lawyers based on the ABA Model Rules

Cross-examination: methodology for constructing persuasive examination

Trial motions: drafting and arguing, includes a model motion

Jury selection: strategies for developing rapport and analyzing prospective jurors

Jury instructions: models for writing and using jury instructions

case theory and theme development

Illustrations: homicide, white collar crime, products liability, and personal injury

Courtroom positioning for the trial lawyer with illustrations and photographs