Trial Techniques and Trials, 10th Edition

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Trial Techniques and Trials unveils the strategies and thought processes that lawyers use in the courtroom as they present evidence and construct a persuasive argument. Tom Mauet’s clear writing and abundant examples explain and illustrate every step of the jury trial process. Comprehensive yet concise, the Tenth Edition provides authoritative coverage, from opening statements, to jury selection, direct-examination, cross-examination, exhibits, objections, and more.

Trial Techniques and Trials, Tenth Edition, features:

Integrated discussion of the strategy and psychology of persuasion—particularly regarding jury selection, opening statements, and closing arguments
Numerous illustrations from tort cases, criminal cases, and commercial trials
Broad and flexible use of examples that allows readers to focus on either the plaintiff’s or the defendant’s side of the case— or both.
A logical organization that follows the chronology of a trial process
Tear-away checklists for trial preparation and review
Lectures on video of critical moments in a trial litigation, now on the companion website, in addition to a jury trial (on video)
and a complete trial notebook (with forms)

Ch. 1. The Trial Process

Ch. 2. The Psychology of Persuasion

Ch. 3. Jury Selection

Ch. 4. Opening Statements

Ch. 5. Direct Examination

Ch. 6. Exhibits

Ch. 7. Cross-Examination

Ch. 8. Experts

Ch. 9. Closing Arguments

Ch. 10. Objections

Ch. 11. Trial Preparation and Strategy

Ch. 12. Bench Trials

Professor Mauet directs the Trial Advocacy Program and teaches Evidence, Pretrial Litigation, and Trial Advocacy.

For ten years Professor Mauet practiced as a trial lawyer in Chicago. He was a prosecutor with the Cook County State's Attorney and the United States Attorney offices. He was a commercial litigator and specialized in medical negligence litigation with the firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson. During these years he also was an adjunct faculty member at Loyola and Chicago-Kent law schools, teaching criminal law and trial advocacy.

Professor Mauet is a leading authority on trials. His latest book is Trials: Strategy, Skills, and the New Powers of Presentation. His other books include: Trial Techniques (6th ed.), Materials in Trial Advocacy (5th ed.), Pretrial (6th ed.), and Trial Evidence (3d ed.), all published by Aspen Law & Business. Trial Techniques is the leading text in the field and has Canadian, French, New Zealand, Australian, and Chinese editions.

Professor Mauet was an Arizona Superior Court Judge pro tem in 1987 - 1988 and in 1988 - 1989 taught at George Washington University as the Howrey Professor of Trial Advocacy. He has also served as a visiting faculty member at Harvard Law School's trial advocacy program and at Washington University. He is a co-founder of the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy. He is a former regional director of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and has taught in numerous NITA programs throughout the United States since 1976.

Professor Mauet's research interests center on the application of social science research, particularly in psychology and communications, to the jury trial process.