Analytic Approach to Strategic Case Evaluation - WEBCAST
October 2009
Analytic Approach to Strategic Case Evaluation - WEBCAST
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Program Description
On October 9, 2009, you will have the rare opportunity to participate in a class conducted by this year's distinguished visiting professor, Edward J. Imwinkelried, Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis School of Law, and learn litigation strategy from the best in the business. You will be taught the critical elements of achieving an effective, coherent trial presentation through strategic planning. The successful litigator is the most effective planner with the best choice of trial theory and trial theme. Professor Imwinkelried will teach you the keys to choosing your theory and theme in order to achieve simplicity and continuity, the keys to winning your case. He will also explain how to follow your theory and theme throughout the trial by properly structuring your opening statement, by using your witnesses as exhibits to demonstrate honesty and intelligence, and by using opposing witnesses to support your theory and theme. You cannot afford to miss this chance to witness first hand the Professor's words of wisdom and greatly improve your litigation skills. You will emerge with the most effective tools to serve your clients to the best of your ability.
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 am
Registration
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
Program (Including a 15-Minute Break)
I. The Importance of Strategic Evaluation of the Case
II. Conducting the Strategic Evaluation
A. The Selection of the Strongest Theory of the Case
B. The Identification of the Pivotal Element of the Theory
C. The Choice of a Theme to Prevail on the Pivotal Element
III. Playing Out the Theory and Theme at Trial
A. Structuring the Opening Statement
B. Planning Direct Examinations
C. Drafting Cross-Examinations
12:15 pm
Adjourn
Faculty
Edward J. Imwinkelried wrote the book on scientific evidence, literally and figuratively. Professor Inwinkelreid's Scientific Evidence is such an authoritative treatment of the subject that it was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, the landmark 1993 case that set the standards for admissibility of scientific evidence in federal courts. The book has been described by the American Bar Association Journal as the "standard against which all future treatises on the subject will be measured." In the recent Supreme Court decision, Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, both the lead opinion and the dissent cited the treatise. A nationally recognized expert on subjects such as DNA typing, forensic psychiatry, and laser techniques for fingerprint detection, Professor Imwinkelried is the author of more than 200 books and other publications. He is frequently called upon for advice on the admissibility of evidence and the evidence of uncharged crimes-so much so that he was consulted by both the defense and prosecution in the so-called "trial of the century," the murder trial of O.J. Simpson. Yet Professor Imwinkelried is also a natural teacher, a talent that was recognized while he was serving as an army lawyer in Vietnam in 1970. He went on to become a lecturer on evidence, criminal procedure, crimes and trial advocacy in the Criminal Law Division of the Judge Advocate General's School in Virginia, then a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and Washington University before coming to UC Davis in 1985. Since then, Professor Imwinkelried has had a reputation as a passionate lecturer and dedicated teacher winning the Law School's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1989 and 2006. He has been a visiting professor at the Ohio State University, the University of Illinois, the University of Houston, and University College Dublin. We are honored and pleased to bring Professor Imwinkelried to Denver for you.
Video Replays October 29, 2009:
Denver: CLE Classroom, 1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Grand Junction: 1250 East Sherwood Drive
Colorado Springs: 421 South Tejon Street, Suite 100
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $199.00 |
| CBA | $179.00 |
| LITIG | $149.00 |
| New Lawyer | $129.00 |
- General Credits: 4.00
- Ethics Credits:
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