CPD: Advocacy for Lawyers and Paralegals: Preparing Legal Practitioners for Common Challenges as Litigators

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Develop the advanced general advocacy skills as necessary for ensuring effective litigation within courtroom or tribunal environments.

Learn what every legal practitioner needs to know.

Expected Takeaways

The Advocacy for Lawyers and Paralegals presentation addresses:

• The management of stress;
• The stress you personally feel;
• The stress experienced by your clients and witnesses;
• The client and witness interviews;
• The recognizing of interviews as a form of examination-in-chief;
• The transforming of interviews into successful examinations-in-chief during hearings;
• The structuring of a case;
• The understanding the whole case versus identifying gaps within the case ("the hole case, versus the holes in the case");
• The effective advocacy techniques;
• The crafting of opening statements;
• The making of, and responding to, objections;
• The performing of cross-examinations, including strategies, pitfalls, and patterns of questioning;
• The re-examination purpose and process;
• The delivering of impactful closing arguments;
• The theoretical and practical components;
• The using of cultural references to explore legal issues, procedural rules, evidence principles, and decision-maker needs;

Schedule

Session 1:

Wednesday, March 12 at 7:00PM to 9:00PM

Managing Stress (you and your clients), Client & Witness Interviews, Structuring a Case

Session 2:

Wednesday, March 19 at 7:00PM to 9:00PM

Examination-in-Chief and Cross-Examination

Session 3:

Wednesday, March 26 at 7:00PM to 9:00PM

Re-Examination, Closing Arguments, Expert Witnesses, and the Rule in Browne v. Dunn

Also Learn Skills for Handling:

• The challenges that may arise with witnesses involving;
• The forgetting of key details;
• The possibility of unresponsiveness;
• The emotional breakdown;
• The working with expert witnesses including;
• The ensuring that the expert understands the duty owed to the court;
• The preparing of the expert for cross-examination and rehearsing of key points;
• The Rule in Browne v. Dunn involving;
• The requirement that contradicting evidence be put to witnesses during cross-examination to allow an opportunity to respond;

and much more.