Advanced Trial Advocacy

3 units

Prerequisite: Trial Practice & Procedure. This course is designed for students who intend to be litigators. It provides these students with an opportunity to further develop skills learned in the basic Trial Practice and Procedure course as well as to learn new trial skills, including advanced cross and direct examination methods. The course focuses on the burdens of proof, powers of persuasion and making a record. This includes mastering the theory and themes of your case. The course uses actual case and investigative materials from federal criminal cases. Required work for the course will be similar to that done for the basic Trial Practice course, except that there will be less time spent on lecture and demonstration and more time on skills performance. A full criminal trial will end the semester. The final class will involve trying a criminal case to a jury, but in a more complete format than that of the Trial Practice class. This course will meet once a week for three hours. WITHDRAWAL POLICY: To ensure that slots in this limited enrollment course are not left unfilled, IF YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE AFTER THE EARLY DROP DEADLINE POSTED ON THE SECTION YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO DROP THE COURSE. In other words, any student enrolled in the course as of the above date will receive a grade for the course and risks receiving a failing grade. It will be graded on a modified pass/fail basis [HP-3.9, P, LP-3.0, F-2.5]. Grade will be determined by the student's performance on simulation assignments, other work assigned during the semester, and the final trial, as well as weekly class participation. [BCCCR Requirement: this course contains 5 or more hours of BCCCR instruction.] 3 units.