Trial Prep For Paralegals

Coyne and Furi-Perry have created the essential how-to guide for trial preparation. Paralegals will master every stage of litigation, from initial client interviews to pulling together the trial notebook. The book begins with overviews of the litigation process and the evidence rules. Practical skills for interviewing, handling discovery, preparing exhibits, and more are then introduced and explained with examples. Finally, the book stresses the importance of communication and working well with attorneys, clients, courts, and others.

This comprehensive text effectively ties together the operation of the rules of civil procedure, rules of evidence, and common law principles. It emphasizes the legal assistant's role in processes like discovery, trial preparation, alternative dispute resolution, and paralegal ethics. The Fourth Edition also provides a good reference to the many formats, letters, releases, time tables and other materials that litigation professionals deal with daily.

This comprehensive text effectively ties together the operation of the rules of civil procedure, rules of evidence, and common law principles. It emphasizes the legal assistant's role in processes like discovery, trial preparation, alternative dispute resolution, and paralegal ethics. The Fourth Edition also provides a good reference to the many formats, letters, releases, time tables and other materials that litigation professionals deal with daily.

How do attorneys and paralegals assess a case? How much is a case worth and how do I know? What are some differences between the pre-suit phase of a case and the litigation portion of a case? What task comes next in the litigation process? Can you tell me about some real-life experiences of a paralegal in a trial practice? What really happens to get a case ready for trial? The answers to these questions, in-depth and straight from inside the profession, are here! Follow two cases, from intake to trial, through the entire civil process and gain a broad-based, big-picture understanding of the work involved as a paralegal in a trial practice. From the author of Behind the Bar-Inside the Paralegal Profession, this second book in the innovative and popular Behind the Bar series adopts the same readable, novel-like style and is sure to teach paralegals how to assess and work on any civil casefrom intake to trial.

The completely revised and updated fourth edition of the most trusted paralegal desk references on the market. Now fully revised and expanded: the bestselling desk reference for paralegals at any level. Each chapter has been completely updated to include the latest step-by-step instructions for every aspect of a paralegal's job, with new procedures, checklists, and resources throughout. Topics covered include: ? Paralegal ethics ? Training programs ? Court systems and court procedures ? Federal court practice and procedures ? Pretrial practice and procedure ? Legal research tools ? Electronic trial preparation procedures In addition to the general resources that will be of value to every paralegal, this guide also includes detailed information on practice and procedures for working in specialty law firms.