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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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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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Investigating Prospective Jurors

Challenge for Cause In California, counsel is permitted to examine each prospective juror to determine...

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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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Resume Strategies for Paralegal Job Applicants

Personal marketing is seventy percent of finding a job. Only thirty percent depends on actual background and...

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Strategies for Interviewing for a Paralegal Job

Less than 10 percent of interviewing success is based on your educational background. Interviewing success is...

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Attorney Strategies for Developing Legal Business

As an attorney considers a business development program, there are many strategy options available. Selection...

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The History and Uses of Legal Writs

From almost your first day of law school you will hear about writs. The writ was the first document filed in a...

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Where Do Legal Cases Originate?

The basis of the American law school system is what is known as the case method. In the case method selected...

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Historically Significant Cases that Served as Legal Turning Points

In order to give you background for modern law, you need to be exposed to old cases which established turning...

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The Significance of Common Law

American law has its roots in the law of England, and our legal system is known as Anglo-American law. When...

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Getting Justice without Adjudicators

When we hear the word "trial," most of us imagine a courtroom with a judge sitting on the bench and twelve...

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Strategies for Writing a Legal Brief

A brief is a formal, written argument, usually presented to an appellate court, for the purpose of convincing...

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Strategies for Studying for a Law School Exam

If you have studied your cases for the daily lecture far enough in advance, taken down what the professor has...

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Strategies for Studying for Class as a Law Student

Some law schools send their students casebook reading assignment schedules several weeks before classes start;...

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Creating Worthwhile Legal Briefs

It always helps if you can find some relevant and unusual historical information to fit into a law review...

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Developing Skills For a Successful Legal Career

Just as successful law firms set goals and devise strategies to achieve them, new lawyers must ask...

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Strategies for Starting Your First Law Firm Job

Having turned The last corner, you may coast a while. Be vigilant in appearance, however, throughout the...

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Strategies for Navigating a Tough Legal Job Market

ONGOING OR COMPLETE INVESTIGATION SETS THE STAGE FOR THE approach and contact of employers. It is too...

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The Structure of a Summer Associate Program

Fitting into a firm is only half the battle. You must also learn how to master the more technical aspects, the...

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Tips for Being a Successful Summer Associate

Now that you have been through the grueling recruiting process and have found a home for the summer, you are...

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Responding to Summer Associate Job Offers

The climax of the recruiting season is when you finally hear from the firms you've been interviewing with...

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Strategies for Success in Law Firm Interviews

Question: "How do you decide which students to interview for jobs?" Answer: "If the grades meet the...

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Strategies for Studying and Test-Taking for Women In Law School

As Men Have Always Known, Small Differences in Measurements Can Make Big Differences in Life Like the...

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Strategies for Women Applying to Law School

Women applying to law school are in a rare position of competitive advantage. Women go to college in greater...

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Strategies For Discussing Your Previous Career in a Law Firm Interview

Dear Lawcrossing, I recently graduated from law school and passed the 0BM bar. Before law school, I spent a...