Part I. The First Trial Perspective
Chapter
- Trial is Theater
- The State: Where Do I Sit?
- The Script: What Do I Say?
Part II. Preparing for the First Trial
- Prepare the Play in a Trial Notebook
- Prepare the Players in the Woodshed
- Gather the Props
- Check out the Audience
Part III. The First Trial
- Thinning the Audience: Voir Dire
- Curtain Up: The Opening Statement
- Dialogue: Examination of Witnesses
- The Lawyer's Part: Evidence Advocacy
- Last Scene: The Closing Argument