Trial Practices
Course Components for Trial Practices
Mr. Matthew Neuner
Areas of Study:
• Section A: Preliminaries
– Part I: The Law
– Part II: The History of Judgment
– Part III: The First Trial Perspective
• A. Trial is Theater
– The Lawyer’s Part
- First Movie: Trial and Error
- First Movie: Trial and Error
• B. The Stage
– Where do I sit?
– Interrogation of Witnesses
– Presenting Exhibits “By the Numbers”
– Staging the Use of a Diagram
– Addressing the Jury
– Courtroom Stage Presence
• C. Preparing for the First Trial
• D. Creating the Theme of the Trial
• Section B: The Trial
– Part I: The Trial
– Part II: Judge or Jury Trial
– Part III: Voir Dire
• Selecting the Audience
– Part IV: Opening Statement
• Curtain up!
– Part V: Examination of the Witnesses
• Don’t Lead on Direct, Lead on Cross
• Conducting Direct Examination
• Conducting the Cross Examination
– Impeachment by prior inconsistent statement
– Part VI: Objections
– Part VII: Closing Arguments
* Movie - My Cousin Vinny
* Movie - My Cousin Vinny
– Part VIII: Let’s Practice
• Sample Trials
Section C: Final Examination (Mock trials & Final Case)
This page is maintained by Matthew Neuner
mneuner@fabiuspompey.org
mneuner@fabiuspompey.org
