One of America's leading litigators, and Trial Guides' bestselling author, Rick Friedman brings you the first practical text on the fundamental skills you need to know when handling a trial. With trial experience increasingly rare, The Elements of Trial provides a concise guide for law professors, law students, and every lawyer preparing for trial.

This book offers invaluable advice on the following aspects of trial:

Investigating your case
Interviewing and preparing witnesses
Organizing trial notebooks, discovery information, trial briefs, and exhibits
Creating a theme
Choosing or drafting jury instructions
Asking questions of the court clerk and judicial assistant
Framing your case-in-chief
Filing motions in limine
Pretrial hearings
Making objections and understanding juror perceptions about the use of objections in trial
Bench conferences
Moving exhibits into evidence
Voir dire (including your purpose beyond cause and peremptory challenges)
Opening statement (structure, themes, establishing credibility, and what you should never do)
Direct examination
Cross-examination (constructive and destructive)
Making a record
Directed verdict/motion for judgment as a matter of law
Rebuttal case
Charging conference
Closing argument
Taking the verdict and polling the jury
Posttrial motions
Your impact on the trial

The book also explains the applicable law related to each part of trial and offers ways to effectively implement the techniques and methods that Friedman and Cummings present.

This audiobook is read by Joshua Karton. As a legal consultant, Mr. Karton serves on the faculty and develops curriculum for leading plaintiff and defender associations, including AAJ and NACDL, as well as for NITA, ABA, and various law schools. He has been an instructor at Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming since its inception, prepared the oral presentation of successful cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and piloted the Advanced Trial Advocacy Course for the JAG Corps. Outside the legal field, Mr. Karton served on the faculty of the School of Theater at the University of Southern California, and his students include recipients of Oscars™ and Emmys™. As the owner of Communication Arts for the Professional in Santa Monica, California, he maintains a professional practice of individual case consultation and witness preparation.

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