The Art of Civil Advocacy

Introduction

This 6 hour seminar covers all aspects of both oral and written civil advocacy, including case preparation, witness statements, cross-examination, closing submissions and skeleton arguments.

It includes the use of case studies and audience participation in a variety of exercises to demonstrate each area of trial advocacy.

What You Will Learn

This seminar will look at:

• Civil case preparation
• Civil case analysis and case theories
• Constructing the closing submission
• Delivering the closing submission
• Evidence in chief
• How to be an effective cross-examiner
• Re-examination
• Revisiting the closing submission
• Use of skeleton arguments
• How to conduct remedy hearings and quantum
• The art of submission/application advocacy
• Appellate advocacy