Preface. Examinations in Civil Trials: Use of This Handbook

• Author: John Hollander
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preface

Examinations in Civil Trials:

Use of This Handbook

   tools to persuade decision

makers. To be eective, lawyers should present a consist-

ent face to their audiences. is was the central message

in the Young Advocates Series’s other handbooks, such as

Legal Writing and Case Analysis.

Examinations (both direct and cross) are applications

of case analysis principles. Before counsel asks a question,

there has to be a thorough analysis:

• What goals are there to accomplish?

• Why ask any questions at all?

• Why ask this particular question?

• How will the answer lead to other questions?

• What are the choices?

• What are the risks?

1 John Hollander, Legal Writing: Mastering Clarity and Persuasion

(Toronto: Irwin Law, 2013), online: www.irwinlaw.com/titles/

legal-writing.

2 John Hollander, Case Analysis: The Critical Path to Persuasion

(Toronto: Irwin Law, 2014), online: www.irwinlaw.com/titles/

case-analysis.