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TRIAL PRACTICE BIBLIOGRAPHY: VIDEO RECORDINGS


The following is a bibliography of video recordings of pre-trial practice, trial and appellate advocacy materials available at the Suffolk Law School Library.

I. Pre-Trial Practice and Trial Advocacy: Video Recordings

Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit/James S. Rogers, moderator.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8925 .P4 1994
9 videocassettes (708 min.), user guide and case file.
Covers how to be a trial lawyer, initial interview and case evaluation, discovery, preparing witnesses for deposition and trial, voir dire, opening statements, direct and cross-examinations, and closing arguments.

The American Bar Ass'n. Consortium on Professional Education and the Section on Litigation present Taking Depositions.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8900 .T34 1988
4 videocassettes(207 min.) and study guide(165 pages). Includes preparing the lay witness for the deposition; taking and defending the deposition of the lay witness; preparing the expert deponent; and taking and defending the deposition of the expert witness.

ATLA Video Masterworks/hosted by Roxanne Barton Conlin
LAW RESERVE KF8915 .A725 1993.
5 videocassettes.

Children on Trial: A Presentation of Trial Skills/Juvenile Justice Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KFM 2995.Z9 J88 2003
3 videocassettes (6 hr.) and manual (300 p.)
Recorded at the 5th Annual Juvenile Justice Conference, Suffolk University Law School, Center for Advanced Legal Studies, 2003.

Closing Argument.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8924 .Z9 C56 1993
1 videocassette(31 min.). Part of the Advocacy and Communications Techniques(ACT) Training Series. Covers closing argument and summation.

The Complete Advocate: Courtroom Speaking Skills.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .C62 1996
1 videocassette(73 min.) and booklet(44 pages). Published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy(NITA). Covers trial speaking skills, specifically persuasive argument.

Computer Enhanced Litigation.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8967 .C66 1994
1 videocassette(90 min.). Shows the use of graphics in a slip-and-fall premises liability suit. Covers scientific and demonstrative evidence and the use of an expert witness in introducing computer-generated evidence.

Credibility & Cross Examination/by Irving Younger.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8920 .Y69 1988
2 videocassettes(188 min.) and manual.

The Criminal Trial: State v. Mack/The National Judicial College
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 9656 .C75 1990-92
1 videocassette (30 min.) and study guide.
Script for the production was prepared by Judge John J. McNaught, Boston, MA, based on an actual case. Study guide is entitled, "Evidence Videotape."

Discovery: Practice and Procedure/by Irving Younger
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8900 .Y68 1988
2 videocassettes(104 min.) and manual. An index to the videotapes is inserted in the manual.

Discovery of Electronic Evidence: Practical Information and Strategies/published by the American Bar Ass'n.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8900 .D56 1999
1 videocassette(90 min.) and guide. Recorded at an ABA VideoConference on April 27, 1999, sponsored by the ABA Section of Business Law, Section of Litigation and Center for Continuing Legal Education.

The Essence of Advocacy/featuring James W. McElhaney.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .A2 M4 1992
2 videocassettes(3 hr. 27 min.) This program was recorded live at the University of Kansas School of Law.

Evidence for Advocates/featuring James W. McElhaney.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8935 .Z9 M33 1992
2 videocassettes(237 min.). Includes a manual, Mastering Evidence: using the rules that shape the case.

Final Argument: the Advocate's Art/featuring James W. McElhaney.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 9656 .Z9 M463 1993
1 videocassette(29 min.). Part of McElhaney's Master Advocate Series.

The Future of Sentencing: Federal and State Court Policy and Practice/sponsored with the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KFM2983.2 .Z9 F882 2004.
2 videocassettes. Includes handbook.

Jury Selection/by Irving Younger.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8979 .J68 1988
2 videocassettes(167 min.) and guide. Index is inserted in the guide.

Legal Interviewing: A Video Workshop/published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 311 .L37 1999
2 videocassettes and study guide.
Covers interviewing in law practice.

Opening Statement.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .Z9 O64 1993
1 videocassette(41 min.). Part of the Advocacy & Communications Techniques(ACT) training series.

Opening Statements: A Modern Approach/published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .B75 1993
1 videocassette and study guide.

Police Misconduct Litigation: Developing Strategies for the New Terrain: The Plaintiff's Perspective/sponsored by Advanced Legal Studies, Suffolk University Law School.
LAW RESERVE KF1325.C58 P651 2002.
3 videotapes.

Preparing For and Taking Depositions: the Right Way and the Wrong Way.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 3155 .P74 1994
1 videocassette(80 min.). Covers taking depositions in a patent suit, depending on whether the defense is to be the one-year filing limit prior claim.

Strategies for Trying an OUI Case: Understanding the New Law/sponsored by the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KFM 2939 .T7 S77 2004
4 videocassettes (7 hr.) and manual.
The seminar covered the new per se law and the new breathalyzer mechanism in Massachusetts, and the effect of both on the defense of drunk driving cases.

Technology in the Courtroom.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .T43 1994
1 videocassette(70 min.). Examines the use of technically devised courtroom aids, including videotape, animation and computer-enhanced graphics. Also examines issues regarding cameras in the courtroom, accuracy of computer-generated simulations and relevancy of presentation materials.

Trial by Jury: A Demonstration.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8972 .A5 T74 1989
3 videocassettes and handbook. Presented by the Practising Law Institute. Broadcast on October 17,1989.

Trial Tactics: Jury Selection in a Medical Malpractice Case.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .T75 1988
1 videocassette(57 min.)

Voir Dire: Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit Video Series.
Washington, DC: ATLA Press, 1994 [On Order]
1 videocassettes(117 min.)

What Every Female Litigator Should Know.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .Z9 W53 1993
1 videocassette(36 min.). Part of the Advocacy and Communications Techniques(ACT) Training Series.

Winning at Deposition/by Anthony J. Bocchino.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8900 .W56 1998
1 videocassette(60 min.) and self-study test. Presented by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy(NITA). Adapted from the case file of Polisi v. Clark et al. Accompanying materials: Polisi v. Clark et al; The Effective Deposition: techniques and strategies that work.

Winning at Trial.
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .W56 1986
9 videocassettes(517 min.); teacher's manual; program planner's guide; problems and case file, Potter v. Shrackle and Shrackle Construction Co. Covers: jury selection; opening statements; examining the plaintiff, defendant, lay witness, medical expert witness and economic expert witness; closing argument; convincing the jury.


II. Appellate Advocacy: Audio/Visual Recordings

The First Monday in October: a mock supreme court argument
LAW RESERVE VIDEO KF 8915 .F57 1997
1 videocassette(67 min.) Mock argument: "Jefferson Thomas, Petitioner v. United States of America, Respondent October Term, 1997".

Improving Your Chances of Success on Appeal

LAW RESERVE VIDEO KFM2955 .Z9 1472 2001

Includes 2 videocassettes and Handbook.

May It Please The Court: the most significant oral arguments made before the Supreme Court since 1955/edited by Peter Irons and Stephanie Guitton
LAW TREATISES (FL 5) KF 4748 .M39 1993 [includes 6 sound cassettes]


Created: January 15, 2003
Last Updated: May 22, 2009

by Ellen V. Delaney
Reference Librarian

If you have questions or suggestions, please contact me at: edelaney@acad.suffolk.edu


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