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This Handbook is designed for both prosecutors and defense counsel alike as well as anyone interested in the prosecutor’s role sand functions. Its modest goal is to eradicate what is called “prosecutor misconduct”. While this Handbook may serve as a guidebook for prosecutors, it also arms defense counsel with information that can be used to ensure that their clients receive a fair trial. An example of how the Handbook simultaneously guides prosecutors and arms defense counsel is that it spells out what a prosecutor is prohibited by law and ethical rules from saying in trial. By ...

Addressing the Jury: Opening Statement and Closing Argument offers an in-depth explanation of how to craft a winning opening statement and summation and how to persuasively deliver them to a jury. Author Ronald H. Clark was a career prosecutor in King County, Washington, Senior Training Counsel at the National Advocacy Center, and he is currently a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Seattle University Law School where he has taught trial advocacy, pretrial advocacy, essential lawyering skills and visual litigation and technology. Inside this accessible and comprehensive handbook, ...

What do My Cousin Vinny and Atticus Finch have in common? A lot more than you might think. While Atticus Finch’s closing argument in To Kill a Mockingbird continues to inspire viewers to attend law school, the cross-examinations in My Cousin Vinny—while hilariously funny—offers an equally compelling example of excellent trial advocacy. With the aid of movie clips that are just a click away, this e-book explores advocacy from pretrial preparation through closing argument. Inside this concise yet comprehensible eBook, which is includes movie clip gems that you can watch, you’ll learn:...

Cheer yourself and others up with the Lawyer Humor Handbook. Excellent resource for ice breaking when you are giving a speech, need a fun gift—especially for a lawyer, or want to lighten up any gathering or celebration. This Handbook compiles the whole gamut of lawyer jokes, stories, puns, court transcripts with lawyer faux pas, and other lawyer witticisms. In this Handbook you’ll find: • 210 Humorous lawyer stories • 62 Courtroom transcripts with lawyer gaffes • 83 Question and answer lawyer jokes • 19 Law school amusements • 38 Punchy puns and word-play bits • 2 Legal ...

If you’re looking for guidance on how to achieve excellence and job satisfaction as a manager and leader and you want excellence and job satisfaction for the people in your organization, this Management and Leadership Handbook is for you. This concise yet comprehensive Handbook is jammed with practical instructions on how to develop and exercise your management and leadership strategies and skills. The advice and wisdom in this book are derived not only from the author’s experiences but also from the best-of-the-best literature and teachers on management and leadership. In this Handbook...