The Beau Rivage
Biloxi, Mississippi
This course offers 6 hours of CLE credits including 1 hour of Ethics.
Presented by:
The University of Mississippi
Center for Continuing Legal Education
| 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. |
OPENING STATEMENT: THE CASE IN “WORD
PICTURES” • What the jury looks for • Emphasizing key issues • Plaintiff's and Defendant's themes |
| 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. |
BREAK |
| 10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
DIRECT AND CROSS-EXAMINATION OF LAY
WITNESSES: RELIVING AND REVEALING REALITY • Direct is a three-way conversation • What the jury needs from direct • Creating word pictures • Dealing with damages during direct • The purposes of cross • Questioning technique for cross • Controlling problem witnesses |
| 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
LUNCH — on your own |
| 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | THE ETHICAL LIMITS OF PERSUASSION |
| 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. |
EXHIBITS: HIGHLIGHTING REALITY • The ritual of exhibits • The 4 basic foundation categories • Real evidence • Demonstrative evidence • Writings, business records, diagrams |
| 2:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
IMPEACHMENT: DESTROYING YOUR
OPPONENT’S REALITY • General impeachment requirements • 7 impeachment methods • Technique of impeachment • The 3 C's of impeachment |
| 2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. |
BREAK |
| 2:45 p.m. to 3: 30 p.m. |
DIRECT & CROSS-EXAMINATION OF EXPERT
WITNESSES: EXPLAINING REALITY • The jury's concerns • The lawyer's goals • Style and structure of expert testimony • Cross-examining the expert |
| 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. |
THE FINAL ARGUMENT: SELLING REALITY WITH
“WORD PICTURES” • The persuasive closing • Juror judgments and state of mind • Addressing your opponent's case |
| 4:15 p.m. | ADJOURN |
Author of the best-seller Opening Statements: Winning in the Beginning by Winning the Beginning (Thomson West, 2004) Fellow, International Society of Barristers
NITA Team Leader & Faculty, National Program
Special Master in Complex Litigation
Director, NITA Gulf Coast Regional & Depositions programs
Dominic J. Gianna is a founding partner of Middleberg Riddle & Gianna (New Orleans & Dallas) and is a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. Gianna was awarded the prestigious Keeton Award from NITA as the most outstanding teacher of trial advocacy in the United States.
He has also served as Team Leader and Faculty for NITA National and Regional Trial Programs and is the Founder and Director of NITA’s Gulf Coast Advocacy Training and Gulf Coast Deposition Training Programs. He is the Director of Trial Advocacy at LSU School of Law, and has been a visiting faculty member of the trial techniques faculty of Emory and Tulane University Schools of Law. Gianna shares a special perspective from the bench, having served as a District Judge pro tem and as Special Master in complex civil mass tort cases.
Professor of Law, University of Arizona, College of Law
Former Illinois State’s Attorney, United States Attorney and
Judge Pro Tempore
Thomas A. Mauet is the Milton O. Riepe Professor of Law and Director of Trial advocacy at the University of Arizona College of Law in Tucson. He is this generation’s most influential writer in the field of litigation, contributing 15 editions of four best-selling books to the legacy of litigation training.
Mauet’s extensive teaching and writing experience is thoughtfully balanced by years of experience as a working trial lawyer - first as an Illinois State’s Attorney, then as a United States Attorney, and finally in private practice. Tom Mauet has practiced what he preaches. His expertise in the art of advocacy is internationally recognized. Mauet was the recipient of the 2005 Richard S. Jacobson Award for Excellence in Teaching Trial Advocacy from the Roscoe Pound Institute. Mauet served as the Howrey Professor of Trial Advocacy at George Washington University National Law Center and as a faculty member of the Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop. Professor Mauet has served on numerous regional and national faculties for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has taught and demonstrated trial techniques throughout North America, New Zealand and Australia.
Registration is open to all interested parties including attorneys, judges, legal assistants, and law office staff. Walk-ins will be accepted on a space-available basis. If you plan to attend and do not pre-register, please call the UM-CLE office at (662) 915-7283 to determine space availability. Written materials will be given on the day of the seminar. Pre-registration is encouraged.
Please complete the registration form and return it along with your payment to the address listed on the form. To register by fax, please complete the form and include your Visa or MasterCard number and expiration date. The fax number is (662) 915-5138, or click here try our secure online registration. Registrants will receive additional information with their written confirmation from UM-CLE.
This course offered by UM-CLE has been approved by the Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 6 CLE credits and 1 hjour of Ethics. Registrants seeking mandatory CLE credit from another state should contact UM-CLE in advance of the seminar.
Refunds will be given as follows:
A block of rooms has been reserved at Beau Rivage Resort & Convention Center in Biloxi. Please call the hotel directly at (888) 383-7037 to reserve your room. Mention this seminar to receive a room from our block.
If you require special assistance relating to a disability, please contact Renee Moore at (662) 915-7283 prior to the seminar.
The University of Mississippi is an EEO/AA/TITLE VI/TITLE IX/SECTION 504/ADA/ADEA employer.
The University complies with all applicable laws regarding affirmative action and equal opportunity in all its activities and programs and does not discriminate against anyone protected by law because of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, handicap, or status as a veteran or disabled veteran.
For additional information, please contact:
Renee Moore
Center for Continuing Legal Education
The University of Mississippi
PO Box 879
University, MS 38677-0879Telephone: 662-915-7283
Fax: 662-915-5138
email: moore@olemiss.edu
