Courses@Boalt
NOTE: Course offerings change. Classes offered this semester may not be offered in future semesters.245.2 sec. 1 - Civil Trial Practice (Spring 2011)
Instructor: Charles Denton (view instructor's teaching evaluations | profile)
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Units: 3
Meeting Time: Tu 6:25-9:05
Meeting Location: 140
Course Start: January 11, 2011
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49654
This course focuses upon the courtroom application of evidentiary rules and principles. Students will prepare and present opening statements, direct and cross examination, documentary and demonstrative evidence, and closing arguments. The format will be hands-on and participatory, and the emphasis will be on learning practical techniques for shaping the evidence, using the law, and exploiting the courtroom to create a coherent and convincing case theory. All performances will be videotaped and the course will culminate in a half-day jury trial.
Enrollment in Evidence Advocacy is limited to 12-16 students. Enrollment will be determined at the first class meeting of each section. Therefore, all students interested in enrollment should be present at the first class. Preference will be given to students concurrently enrolled in Evidence, but there usually are openings for students who have already taken Evidence as well.
INSTRUCTOR: Charles Denton is in his 28th year as an attorney with the Alameda County Public Defender's Office. Nearly all of that time has been spent in the courtroom. Mr. Denton has litigated hundreds of motions and hearings and has tried nearly every kind of criminal case -- from drunk driving to the death penalty. He is one of the most prolific lecturers on trial practice and criminal litigation in the state and a well-recognized expert on criminal law and procedure. He is currently the author of Criminal Defense Jury Instructions: California Criminal Jury Charges. For nearly a decade, he has been one of the principal authors of California Continuing Education of the Bar's Recent Developments in Criminal Law Practice as well as a contributor to their California Criminal Law: Procedure and Practice. His written manuals and practice guides are highly acclaimed and widely published. This is Mr. Denton's 13th year teaching at Boalt Hall.
Prerequisites:
Evidence, or concurrent enrollment in Evidence.
This course satisfies the Skills Requirement.
Exam Notes: T
Special Notes: LE(16)
Course Category: Advocacy Skills Courses
This course is cross-listed in the following categories:
Criminal Law
Litigation and Procedure
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Readers:
A reader will be used in this class.
Books:
Required Books are in blue
- Fundamentals of trial techniques
Thomas A. Mauet, Les A. McCrimmon
Publisher: Pyrmont, N.S.W. : LBC Information Services, 2001.
ISBN: 9780455217468
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: $52.32
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Folletts prices are unavailable at this time. - William Strange v James Wrigley
NITA
Edition: 2nd edition/2008
Publisher: National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: To Be Determined - Modern trial advocacy
Steven Lubet
Publisher: Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2000.
ISBN: 9781556817144
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 9399.99
Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time.
