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Video clips from previous Trial Advocacy Institutes. (WMV format - broadband connection required)

See a video of Stephen A. Saltzburg lecturing on the art of advocacy in all phases of a trial. Institute Director Stephen A. Saltzburg on Advocacy:
The purpose of every part of a trial is to argue your case persuasively.

James J. Brosnahan James J. Brosnahan on Direct Examination:
The best questions are the most simple.

Terence F. MacCarthy Terence F. MacCarthy on Cross-Examination:
"I'm going to confess to you that my ideas on cross-examination are quite different."

See a video of Mary Lynn Tate lecturing on the art of the opening statement. Mary Lynn Tate on Opening Statements:
You will never again look at an opening statement the same way.

See a video of Gerald F. Ivey demonstrating the art of cross-examination. Trial Lawyer Gerald F. Ivey Demonstrates a Cross-Examination:
Looking back on it, this must have been the most desperate day of his life.

Stephen A. Saltzburg Stephen A. Saltzburg on Expert Witnesses:
Pick an Expert who doesn't testify just for the plaintiff or defense.

John Lowe John Lowe on Summation:
Does final advocacy really count and change minds?

Mary Kennedy Mary Kennedy demonstrating a Rebuttal

David Boies demonstrating an opening statement.

Remarks by the Honorable William J. Brennan, Jr.

Colin Thomas demonstrating a cross-examination.

Thomas Jefferson