Video clips from previous Trial Advocacy Institutes. (WMV format - broadband connection required)
Institute Director Stephen A. Saltzburg on Advocacy:
The purpose of every part of a trial is to argue your case persuasively.
James J. Brosnahan on Direct Examination:
The best questions are the most simple.
Terence F. MacCarthy on Cross-Examination:
"I'm going to confess to you that my ideas on cross-examination are quite different."
Mary Lynn Tate on Opening Statements:
You will never again look at an opening statement the same way.
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 on Expert Witnesses:
Pick an Expert who doesn't testify just for the plaintiff or defense.
John Lowe on Summation:
Does final advocacy really count and change minds?
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.