Career Services, Self-Assessment and Work Experience in the Legal Industry
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Important Legal Technicques: Cross-Examining a Lay Witness
Although counsel has no more deadly weapon than cross-examination, if his objectives are not carefully thought...
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Important Techniques: The Expert Witness
Cross-examination of an expert witness falls into a class of its own. An expert can and often does testify to...
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Deciding Whether to Cross-Examine and When Not to Object
When opposing counsel states, "You may cross- examine," the lawyer is faced with an important decision: Should...
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Important Legal Techniques: Preparing a Witness for Cross-Examination
Refreshing Recollection Just as it is important for the attorney to prepare to cross-examine adverse...
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Important Legal Techniques: Preparing the Lay Witness
Importance of Preparation "The issue of a cause rarely depends upon a speech and is but seldom even affected...
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Important Legal Techniques: Preparing the Expert Witness
Introduction In present-day trials the use of expert opinion as evidence is more and more common and...
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Choosing a Bar Review Course
Law schools do not prepare students to take bar exams. At best, students are offered law courses, such as...
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Main Objectives and Legal Bounds of Cross-Examination
Main Objectives Cross-examination should always be conducted with a specific objective in view. The Supreme...
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Some Great Tips for Your Bar Exam Day
Get there on time: In most jurisdictions, you have pre-assigned seats. But if possible, request a seat by the...
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Reasons Not to Combine Two Bar Exams
When I am asked whether a student should take two (or more) bar exams, I answer, "NO." My answer is contrary...
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The Different Types of Bar Exams
Almost every jurisdiction has a bar exam, which must be passed as part of its admission criteria. Wisconsin is...
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Witness Impeachment Probabilities in a Legal Setting
When cross-examination develops facts and circumstances that go to the credibility of the witness, it is...
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Maintaining A Positive Perception of the Bar Exam
When we sit alone to study for the bar exam, many of us hear negative voices: "No, you can't." "It's...
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Popular Bar Review Courses and Resources
Below is a partial listing of the courses offered nationally and a sampling of these in New York and...
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Historical Progress and Purposes of Legal Cross-Examination
Evolution of Right to Cross-Examination Right to Jury Trial To understand the art of cross-examination,...
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Overcoming Perceived and Real Bias in the Bar Exam
The challenge of staying in a "Yes I Can" mode is especially daunting for minority candidates. Throughout law...
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Common Tacticical Admonitions in Legal Cross-Examination
Questions to Avoid Of all the questions in the cross-examiner's vocabulary, none is more dangerous than...
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Learning to Keep Time on Your Side When Going for the Bar Exams
"I can’t" Maybe this is your first response to the idea of learning multiple areas of law, listening to...
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Techniques for Passing the Bar Exam
There are techniques to answering bar exam questions. After having read more than my share of essay, MBE and...
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Investigating Prospective Jurors
Challenge for Cause In California, counsel is permitted to examine each prospective juror to determine...
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Breaking the Bar Exam Barrier
Imagine yourself the day before the bar exam. You are too excited to sleep, but you make yourself do so...
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Proper Attitude and Appearance of Legal Counsel During Cross-Examination
First Impression Counsel's attitude and appearance are of the utmost importance in making his...
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How do I get a job in a city where I have no local connections?
How do I get a job in a city where I have no local connections?
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Paralegal Opportunities in the Nonprofit Sector
Positions for trained paralegals in the public interest sector are very often dependent on funding by the...
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Preparing for Your Semester at Law School
You should set aside as much time as possible before school starts to prepare for your classes. Used properly,...
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Navigating Law Books and Reports
Collected reports of cases are periodically published under the direct authority of the courts that issue...
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Do I Need to Submit my Transcript When Applying for Jobs Years After Law School?
Do I Need to Submit my Transcript When Applying for Jobs Years After Law School?
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Creating an Exceptional Paralegal Resume
When a potential employer first meets you, chances are he or she is not looking you in the eye. ...
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Acquiring References and Endorsements for Paralegal Jobs
You have created a cover letter describing a candidate any future employer would covet. You've put the...
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