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	South Texas College of Law
	THE KEYS TO EFFECTIVE TRIAL ADVOCACY
	with James W. McElhaney
	
	 VIDEO SHOWING:
	January 26, 2001
	
	


Accredited by the State Bar of Texas MCLE Department for 6.5 MCLE hours,
including 1 hour of legal ethics. 





Friday, January 26, 2001


			7:30			Registration 
			8:00			Welcome and Opening Remarks 
						
						Phil Allred, Vice President of Technology and Interim CLE Director, South 
Texas College of Law
						
						


			8:30			The Ethics of Advocacy 
			9:30			Jury Selection
						While You're Picking a Jury, They're Picking a Lawyer 
						
						How to Talk with the People who will Decide Your Case
						Effective Ways to Earn your Credibility
						Picking the Jury that Likes your Case
						
						
			10:15			Morning Break 
			10:30			Opening Statement
						How To Tell the Winning Story 
						
						The Essential Goals for an Opening Statement
						Five Secrets of a Persuasive Opening
						How to Be the Guide They Can Trust
						
						
			11:15			Direct Examination
						The Secret of Visual Testimony that Makes the Jury "Eye Witnesses" to your 
Facts 
						
						The Language of Visualization
						The Picture Method of Direct
						How You Can Make it "Happen Now"
						
						
			12:15			LUNCH (provided) 

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			1:15			Cross-Examination
						Your Opportunity to Testify to the "Rest of the Story" 
						
						The Language of Cross-Examination
						Dynamic Witness Control
						The Keys to Effective Impeachment
						
						
						
			2:15			Expert Witnesses
						Make Your Expert a Reliable Teacher instead of a Hired Gun the Jury Will 
Ignore 
						
						Making Expert Testimony Actually Come Alive
						Five Ways to Use an Expert
						Nine Ways to Cross-Examine an Expert
						
						
						
			2:45			Afternoon Break 
			3:00			Expert Witnesses continued 
			3:30			Final Argument
						How to Make the Jury Want You to Win 
						
						Solving Problems with Final Argument
						Using the Sense of Injustice
						A Treasury of Winning Arguments
						
						
			4:30			Adjourn 

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