Teaser for Direct Examinations, Part 1
Coming soon - how to apply what you have learned to your own witnesses
We have covered how to interview people, analyze cases, and break the theory of your case into the many scenes that make up the events. Now it’s time to prepare to examine your witness. To make your case. The next posts will deal with direct examinations (examinations in chief).
Direct Examinations, the topic, will divide into two parts, each with several posts. In the first part, we will present the techniques of how to prepare for direct examinations. What you will ask your witness and how you will approach each sequence of questions. Remember your five-and-outs! You will identify the points to make and then put them in their proper order. The second part will deal with problems, obstacles, opportunities, and issues that arise during the examination.
BTW, we haven’t forgotten oral discovery/depositions. we will double back to deal with pre-trial examinations after we have covered both direct and cross. The reason is that their pre-trial analogs borrow from the techniques of both modes of examination.
The format of the posts will change. For these phases, we will present the technique of the day in a blog post, as before. For paid subscribers, we will present a podcast of the discussion of the technique, with a text file (pdf) to show how the technique applies to the case study (still Donoghue v. Stevenson).
Direct examinations are organized storytelling, scene by scene. Camera! Action!
For paid subscribers, there is an audio podcast for each episode. Here is an audio teaser for Direct Examinations, Part 1.