Pretrial Advocay: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy, Fifth Edition provides an excellent conceptual and practical foundation for pretrial litigation for both teachers and students. Pretrial Advocay covers both criminal and civil pretrial practice, with a focus on federal and state litigation. Professional responsibilty and civility are emphasized through the text. Checklists of skills, techniques, and ethics, which appear in each chapter, as well as 79 assignments, designed for student role-play performances, allow for greater student comprehension. 

Features

• New complete password-protected website (aspenadvocacybooks.com) containing: 
  • Streaming videos
  • 79 assignments for role-play skills performances, such as drafting pleadings and taking and defending a deposition
• Drafting demand letters and mediation briefs with a step-by-step explanation of how to draft effective demand letters and mediation bries with examples
• Pleadings Chapter newly revised and enhanced
• Up-to-date Rules changes are incorporated