PURCHASE
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Get expert advice and guidance on how to effectively prepare for a trial or a hearing from skilled and seasoned litigators who regularly go to trial and who know how to do it right!
- Make the most of your theory of the case
- Prepare an opening argument that will capture attention but not overshoot
- Ensure that your witnesses are ready and prepared for anything
- Prepare concise and focused examinations
- Keep up the momentum with a powerful closing
- Create and use a trial preparation checklist to keep it all manageable
Proven techniques and expert advice will ensure that you are prepared for the myriad of unexpected evidentiary and other issues that arise in a trial!
PROGRAM CHAIRS
Maureen Whelton, Stevensons LLP
Andrew Lewis, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Advocacy as Story Telling: Developing the Theory and the Theme
Kate Hughes, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP
Dotting Your I's and Crossing Your T's: Check marking Your Way to Trial
Natalie Mullins, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Preparing Your Examinations in Chief and Your Cross-Examinations: Start with the End in Mind
Barbara Legate, Legate & Associates LLP
Preparing Witnesses
Linda Fuerst, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
How Not to Lose Your Case With Your Opening Statement and Closing Argument
Peter Cavanagh, Dentons LLP
Start with the End in Mind
Barbara Legate, Legate & Associates
Being Ready for the Unexpected
Steve Tenai, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP