The first trial : Where do I sit? What do I say? in a nutshell /
First trial in a nutshell : where do I sit? what do I say? First trial
by Steven H. Goldberg, Tracy Walters McCormack.
- 2nd ed.
- St. Paul, MN : West, c2009.
- xvi, 419 p. ; 19 cm.
- West nutshell series .
- Nutshell series. .
pt. I. Perspective. The stage: where do I sit? ; The script: what do I say? -- pt. II. Preparation. Prepare the play in a trial notebook ; Prepare the players in the woodshed ; Gather the props ; Check out the audience -- pt. 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.