YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION TRIAL ACADEMY COURSE MATERIALS
WELCOME! THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE 2018 YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION TRIAL ACADEMY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 – SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2018
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Program Brochure (updated 4/2/18)
2018 Trial Academy Team Assignments (updated 4/5/18)
FACT PATTERN:
Introduction to Fact Pattern
Criminal Fact Pattern
Problems for Civil Fact Pattern Stockard
Problems for Criminal Fact Pattern Grouper
NTC Regional Problem Civil
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 – JURY SELECTION AND OPENING STATEMENTS
- Jury Selection
Elizabeth Hecht, Esq. (Civil Perspective)
Elizabeth M. Hecht, Esq., LLP, White Plains
Elizabeth Hecht Powerpoint Implementing New York’s Civil Voir Dire Law and Rules
David Louis Cohen, Esq.
The Law Office of David Louis Cohen, Kew Gardens
Batson v. Kentucky (1986)People v. Boulware (N.Y., 1971)
People v. Steward (N.Y., 2011)
- Opening Statements
Peter J. Moschetti, Jr., Esq. (Civil Perspective)
Anderson, Moschetti & Taffany, Albany
Richard D. Collins, Esq. (Criminal Perspective)
Collins, Gann, McCloskey & Barry PLLC, Mineola
THURSDAY, APRIL 5 – TRIAL ETHICS AND DIRECT EXAMINATIONS
- Trial Ethics
Kaylin L. Whittingham, Esq. (Moderator)
Whittingham Law, NYC
Hon. Deborah H. Karalunas (Civil Perspective)
Supreme Court Justice, Onondaga Commercial Division
Hon. Kimberly O’Connor (Civil Perspective)
Supreme Court Justice, Albany County Supreme Court
Trial Ethics Materials:
Hypothetical Scenarios
NY Rules of Professional Conduct
NYSBA Lawyer Assistance Program
Ethical Considerations in Auto Cases
NYCLA Opinion 748 LinkedIn
Assistance Programs and Quality of Life Article bibliography
NYSBA Social Media Guidelines
NYSBA Ethics Opinion 843
In re Robert J. Snyder (1985)
Sacher v. United States (1952)
Forman v Henkin (2018)
- Direct Examinations
Jonathan D. Lupkin, Esq. (Civil Perspective)
Lupkin PLLC, NYC
Carrie H. Cohen, Esq. (Criminal Perspective)
Morrison & Foerster LLP, NYC
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 – CROSS EXAMINATIONS (PART ONE) AND CROSS EXAMINATIONS (PART TWO)
- Cross Examinations Part One
Hon. Erin P. Gall (Civil Perspective)
Supreme Court Justice, Oneida County Supreme Court
Materials provided by Vincent E. Doyle, III, Connors LLP
Sherry Levin Wallach, Esq. (Criminal Perspective)
Bashian & Farber, LLP, White Plains
Lewittes Cross Examination
- Cross Examinations Part Two
Timothy J. Fennell, Esq. (Civil Perspective)
Amdursky, Pelky, Fennell and Wallen, PC, Oswego
Peter Gerstenzang Esq. (Criminal Perspective)
Gerstenzang,Sills, Davis, Cohn & Gerstenzang, Albany
SATURDAY, APRIL 7 – EVIDENCE, FOUNDATION & OBJECTIONS AND TRIAL MOTIONS & MOTIONS IN LINE AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS
- Evidence, Foundations and Objections
Laurie Giordano-Vahey, Esq. (Civil Perspective)
Leclair Korona Vahey Cole LLP, Rochester
Evidence, Foundations and Objections Powerpoint Evidence, Foundations and Objections Outline, Look How Easy it is to get Photographs into Evidence at Trial by Lauren J. Wachtler Civil Evidence by Hon. Paul G. Feinman & Mary Beth Ott - Nicholas J. DeMartino, Esq. (Criminal Perspective)
Green & Brenneck, Syracuse
Outline 2018
Outline Attachments
Power Point Presentation
- Trial Motions and Motions in Limine
Michael P. O’Brien, Esq. (Civil Perspective)
O’Brien Law Firm PLLC, NYC
Hon. Guy H. Mitchell (Criminal Perspective)
Supreme Court Justice, Criminal Term, NYC
- Closing Arguments
Prof. Michael L. Fox (Civil Perspective)
Assistant Professor Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh
Peter Gerstenzang, Esq. (Criminal Perspective)
Gerstenzang,Sills, Davis Cohn & Gerstenzang, Albany