McElhaney's Trial Notebook, Fourth Edition / Edition 4

by James Willson McElhaney

Overview

Expanded, updated, and revised by the author, this edition of Trial Notebook includes 30 years of James McElhaney’s clear, graceful, and entertaining writing. Nearly a third larger than the previous edition, the book includes 90 chapters that cover every stage of trial. Topics include:

• preparation
• humanizing the client
• rules of evidence
• examining witnesses
• being persuasive; and
• closing arguments.

As a practitioner and professor, author James McElhaney knows his subject better than anyone and he executes eloquently the responsibility of passing on the art and science of trial advocacy. Used again and again by thousands of trial lawyers, Trial Notebook is certain to improve the effectiveness of your advocacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590315033
Publisher:	American Bar Association
Publication date:	09/25/2005
Edition description:	4th Edition
Pages:	792
Sales rank:	801,485
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Copyright © 2005 by James W. McElhaney. All rights reserved. Mr. McElhaney is the Baker & Hostetler Distinguished Scholar in Trial Practice at Case Western Reserve UniversitySchool of Law in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Joseph C. Hutcheson Distinguished Lecturer in Trial Adovcacy at South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas.