Trial and clinical skills in a nutshell /
by Kenney F. Hegland.
- 4a. ed.
- St. Paul, MN : Thomson West, 2005.
- xxiii, 426 p. ; 19 cm.
- West nutshell series .
- Nutshell series. .
Includes index. Rev. ed. of: Trial and practice skills in a nutshell. 3rd ed. 2002.
Inner advocacy -- Solving problems -- Telling stories -- Mistakes, miscalculations, and lies -- Trials : strategic choices -- Direct examination : clarity and drama -- Direct : credibility -- Mad dogs and Englishmen : an introduction to cross examination -- Friendly cross examination -- Hostile cross -- Closing argument : choices and mistakes -- Closing : an illustration -- Opening statement -- Jury selection -- Preparing your witnesses -- Problem witnesses -- Objections -- Asking questions -- A trial checklist, a review, or merely a badly placed preview -- Appellate argument -- Interviewing clients -- Counseling clients -- Planning investigations -- Interviewing witnesses -- Taking depositions -- Defending depositions -- Negotiation : conceptual block-busting -- Negotiation : in the trenches -- Negotiating torts -- Negotiating deals -- Disputes about deals.