Evidence for Trial Lawyers - Special Arizona Edition | Steve Easton, Tom Mauet, & Irving Younger | March 15, 2019
Total Credits: 6 including 1 Ethics
- Average Rating:
- 8
- Categories:
- Ethics
- Faculty:
- Thomas A Mauet | Steve Easton | Irving Younger
- Duration:
- 7 Hours 45 Minutes
- License:
- Not Applicable
Description
Steve Easton — Tom Mauet — Irving Younger
Evidence for Trial Lawyers
Special Arizona Edition
Tom Mauet, Steve Easton and Irving Younger are giants in evidence law training for several generations of America’s advocates. In this special program, the three combine to present the best of each—with special attention to Arizona’s recent decisions that will effect your daily practice.
Steve Easton’s practice-based advice is built around video highlights (90 of them to be exact) of Younger’s original presentation — still the gold standard for evidence training — but it goes beyond the original with impactful advice on recent developments.
Tom Mauet accentuates the presentation with insights into the rules and practice in Arizona courts, using his trademark approach of viewing evidence as the judge views it! Together, they create a full day of powerful practice development! Younger, Easton and Mauet offer knowledge gained through substantial trial experience in a wide variety of cases.
Program Highlights
- Focus on fundamental concepts that you face in every trial
- Overlooked nooks and crannies that can help you introduce the proof you need and shield your client from improper material your opponent will try to admit
- Learn classic and contemporary approaches to applying the rules of evidence from three of America’s best loved experts.
- Reconcile the rules of evidence law with the modern considerations of the craft of advocacy.
- Be entertained and discover valuable, practical tips that will benefit your courtroom skills.
BONUS Items from Tom Mauet for every participant
11 ‘Hidden Gems’ in Evidence Law
Compare & Contrast Federal Rules of Evidence with the Arizona Rules
Is it Relevant: 3 big differences
Is it Reliable? 2 big differences
Is it Right? 3 big differences
Foundations & Objections Checklist
prepared exclusively by Professor Mauet for CLE West. [The reality of practicing law in 2019 is that few lawyers get to court regularly. Anxiety is reduced when you have concise reminders of the essentials of trial evidence from the practitioner - and the judge's - perspective.]
Program Agenda ( 6 hours)
8:45 am – 10:15 am
The Three Categories of Evidence Law
Relevance
Materiality
Competence
The Four Categories of Evidence
Real Evidence
Demonstrative Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Testimony (a.k.a. Viva Voce Evidence)
The Law of Witnesses
Competence of Fact Witnesses
The Prohibition of Leading Questions in Direct Examination
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
The Law of Witnesses continued
Exceptions to the Prohibition of Leading Questions
Rules Regarding the Witness Who Freezes on the Stand
The Best Evidence Rule, Authentication & The [Non] Opinion Rule
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Expert Testimony
Cross-Examination and Impeachment
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Character Evidence Hearsay
Handouts
| Mauet Course Manual (4.1 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Mauet Program (293 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Faculty
Thomas A Mauet Related Seminars and Products
Professor
University of Arizona College of Law
Thomas A. Mauet is this generation's most influential writer in the field of litigation. He has contributed over three dozen editions of the five best-selling books to the legacy of litigation training in the United States and abroad. He is the Milton O. Riepe Professor of Law at the University of Arizona College of Law in Tucson, AZ.
Mauet's extensive teaching and writing background is thoughtfully balanced by years of courtroom experience as an Illinois State's Attorney, as a United State's Attorney, and in private practice. His expertise in the art of advocacy is internationally recognized.
Mauet has served on the faculties of George Washington University National Law Center, Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop, and numerous regional and national faculties for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Mauet has taught and demonstrated trial techniques throughout North America, New Zealand, and Australia.
Steve Easton Related Seminars and Products
Former U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota
Professor and former Dean of the University of Wyoming College of Law
Former Professor at the University of Missouri Columbia School of Law
Former Partner at the North Dakota firm of Pearce & Durick
Author of Attacking Adverse Experts (ABA), How to Win Jury Trials: Building Credibility with Judges and Jurors (ALI-CLE), and Problems, Cases & Materials in Professional Responsibility (Thomson-West). Co-author (with Tom Mauet) of Materials in Trial Advocacy (Aspen)
Winner of the Richard S. Jacobson Award for Excellence in Teaching Trial Advocacy from the Pound Civil Justice Institute, and the Warren E. Burger Prize for scholarship concerning legal excellence, civility, ethics and professionalism from the American Inns of Court.
Irving Younger Related Seminars and Products
Seriously, if you don’t know about Irving Younger, you should Google him.