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“John Marshall’s externship program offers quality field placements that develop professional and practical skills while ensuring  successful and meaningful on-the-job performance.” Paul Nam, Graduate (’12)

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D-630 – Trial Advocacy

3 Credits

Experiential course exploring fundamental advocacy skills and the theories, strategies, and techniques in preparing and presenting a criminal or civil case to a jury. From pre-trial motions through closing argument, including jury selection, opening statement, examination of witnesses and jury instructions, the students prepare for the concluding experience, a mock jury trial. Prerequisite: Evidence (Pass/Fail) Limited to 12 students.

Fall Sections

Section A
Instructor Room Days Times
Malempati 203, 703 M, Th 01:00pm - 02:30pm

Required Materials:

Caldwell, Nita City Housing v. Johnson, (National Institute Trial Advoc), ISBN: 9781601560506

Rose, Fundamental Trial Advocacy, (West 2nd Ed.), ISBN13: 9780314202833, Price: $108.00 (Required)

Recommended Materials:

Gibbons, Student’s Guide Trial Objections, (West Publishing Company College & School Division 3rd Edition), ISBN: 9780314925596

First Assignments:

Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 in the Rose text. Watch the film, “My Cousin Vinny,” 20th Century Fox, 1992.
Section B
Instructor Room Days Times
Gelin 703 M, W 01:00pm - 02:30pm

Required Materials:

Maut, Trial Techniques, (Aspen Publishers Incorporated 8th Edition), ISBN: 9780735594418

Stein, Dixon v. Providential Life Insurance Co (w/CD), ISBN: 9781556817199

Recommended Materials:

Gibbons, Student’s Guide Trial Objections, (West Publishing Company College & School Division 3rd Edition), ISBN: 9780314925596

Imwinkelried, Evidentiary Foundations, (LexisNexis 8th Ed. Softcover), ISBN: 9780769848990, Price: $75.00

First Assignments:

Read Mauet Chapters I and II.

Read entire Dixon v. Providential Life Insurance Co. case file.

ASSIGNMENT DUE:  Two or three brief paragraphs about yourself, including where you are from, educational background, relevant employment history, and main hobbies and interests.  Indicate as well why you chose to take this class and what you hope to gain from it.  Please include your name and cell phone (or other preferred contact number,) in the upper left hand corner of your paper.  Papers should be typed using Courier New, 14 point, and double spaced with one inch margins.