Standard text on trying cases to judges and juries. Covers case planning, opening statements, direct and cross examination, demonstratives and exhibits, expert testimony, closings, trial lawyer ethics and more!
 Basic Trial Advocacy has been published after the author's fifteen plus years of active teaching of trial advocacy, largely at Harvard Law School, but also at the University of Maine School of Law and in various NITA, law firm, and pro bono educational programs for both law students and young lawyers.
 This book reflects the understanding of why trial lawyers do what they do. Systematic understanding of the trial advocacy process will enables a new lawyer to better apply the experience and observations that are available to develop the skills of trial practice.
 This publication is designed for use in law school trial advocacy or trial practice courses. It is also written to be useful to lawyers in connection with firm-sponsored or independent trial advocacy training.
 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
 1) The Training of Trial Lawyers
 2) The Task of the Trial Lawyer
 3) Trial Lawyers' Ethics
 4) Developing a Fact Theory of the Case
 5) Courtroom Conduct and Manners
 6) Opening Statements
 7) Direct Examination
 8) Cross-Examination
 9) Evidentiary Objections
 10) Illustrative Aids
 11) Exhibits in Evidence
 12) Expert Witnesses
 13) Summation
 Index
 About the Author:
 Peter L. Murry, Esq. has been a successful trial lawyer in Maine for over 25 years and is the Braucher Visiting Professor of Law from Practice at Harvard Law School, where he has regularly taught Evidence, Trial Advocacy, Comparative Civil Justice and The American Legal System.
 He is the author of several books and articles on evidence, comparative law and civil justice. He has been Consultant to the Maine Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence since 1973. Currently he practices law as of counsel to the firm of Murray, Plumb &amp; Murray in Portland, Maine.
 His other featured book sold through Tower Publishing is Field &amp; Murray, Maine Evidence, 6th Edition. Basic Trial Advocacy describes and teaches the essential skills and techniques required for successful presentation of cases in court. It is the official text for the well known Harvard Law School Trial Advocacy Workshop. Coverage includes not only the processes of direct and cross examination, opening statements, summations, but also the use of illustrative aids and exhibits in evidence, presentation of expert testimony, effective evidentiary objections and impeachment. There is a special chapter on Trial Lawyer Ethics which addresses the most common ethical issues that arise at trial. 
The clear and uncluttered style of this work makes it easy to read and use for law student and legal practitioner alike. There are abundant examples to illustrate the various points discussed. 
This book has been used in law school and CLE trial advocacy programs across the country since 1995.

Basic Trial Advocacy

Peter L. Murray

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Maine Law Book Company

Maine Evidence is the standard treatise on the Maine Rules of Evidence and the case law interpreting and applying the rules in civil and criminal cases. Included are the text of the rules, Advisory Committee Notes, and comprehensive commentary and analysis. The 6th Edition is revised and updated to include rules changes up to the time of publication and case analysis and other developments up to December 31, 2006.

 

 The First Edition of Maine Evidence was published in 1976 by Professor Richard H. Field and Peter L. Murray, Esq.

 

 

 

About the Author:

 Peter L. Murry, Esq. has been a successful trial lawyer in Maine for over 25 years and is the Braucher Visiting Professor of Law from Practice at Harvard Law School, where he has regularly taught Evidence, Trial Advocacy, Comparative Civil Justice and The American Legal System.

 He is the author of several books and articles on evidence, comparative law and civil justice. He has been Consultant to the Maine Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence since 1973. Currently he practices law as of counsel to the firm of Murray, Plumb & Murray in Portland, Maine.

 His other featured book sold through Tower Publishing is Basic Trial Advocacy.

Maine Evidence (6th Edition)

Tower Publishing

Cases, Problems, and Materials on Evidence, Fourth Editionis designed as a modernization of the existing textbook while retaining the approach, order, and much of the material from the Third Edition. This updated edition includes: <ul>
<li>reflected changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence since the Third Edition</li> <li>addition of important new decisional law</li> <li>deletion of superseded material</li> <li>modernization of problems reflecting 21st century trial evidence situations</li> <li>presentation of the authors’ rethinking of certain topics (e.g., Confrontation)</li> </ul>

Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence (Aspen Select)

Eric D. Green

Charles R. Nesson

Legal Education

Aspen Publishing

German Civil Justice is an English-language detailed description and comparative analysis of the legal framework and practical working of the modern German civil justice system. This comprehensive work presents German civil litigation, both procedural law doctrine and actual practice, in terms relevant and understandable to readers mainly familiar with the common-law systems of England and the United States. Authors Murray and Sturner include detailed treatment of the various institutions of civil justice such as courts, judges and lawyers, discussion of the theoretical principles upon which German litigation is conducted, and a step-by-step analysis of German civil procedure, from the filing of suit to revision appeal. The work also includes coverage of specialized institutions of civil justice such as family law procedure, special streamlined warning and check procedures, execution, bankruptcy and arbitration, as well as extended treatment of German civil justice in international matters. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of the salient features of German civil litigation with Anglo-American civil justice institutions and procedures.German Civil Justice is oriented to lawyers, law professors, and law students who wish to obtain a basic understanding of the workings of the German civil justice system, current law and policy issues of that system, and how the German system compares with systems in Great Britain and the United States. The work contains abundant citations to additional sources for readers who seek more detailed knowledge of individual topics and issues. Chapter 1 of the book contains a brief overview of the system as a whole that is suitable for introductory purposes in courses with some other main focus.

German Civil Justice

Rolf Sturner

Law Practice

Carolina Academic Press

Maine Evidence is the standard treatise on the Maine Rules of Evidence and the case law interpreting and applying the rules in civil and criminal cases. Included are the text of the rules, Advisory Committee Notes, and comprehensive commentary and analysis. The 6th Edition is revised and updated to include rules changes up to the time of publication and case analysis and other developments up to December 31, 2006. The First Edition of Maine Evidence was published in 1976 by Professor Richard H. Field and Peter L. Murray, Esq. About the Author: Peter L. Murry, Esq. has been a successful trial lawyer in Maine for over 25 years and is the Braucher Visiting Professor of Law from Practice at Harvard Law School, where he has regularly taught Evidence, Trial Advocacy, Comparative Civil Justice and The American Legal System. He is the author of several books and articles on evidence, comparative law and civil justice. He has been Consultant to the Maine Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence since 1973. Currently he practices law as of counsel to the firm of Murray, Plumb &amp; Murray in Portland, Maine. His other featured book sold through Tower Publishing is Basic Trial Advocacy.

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Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence (Aspen Select)

German Civil Justice

Maine Evidence (6th Edition)