Why Attend?
Larry Pozner, nationally acclaimed master of cross-examination, will teach you:
- The Chapter Method of cross-examination
- How we win our case in cross
- Breaking cases into stories
- How Chapters fit with the science of decision making
Larry Pozner’s seminars and writings on the Chapter Method of cross-examination have set the standard for modern cross-examination organization and presentation. Equally applicable to any type of case and any degree of complexity, the Chapter Method is intuitively logical and easily adopted. This seminar will explain how the Chapter Method cross builds on the scientific principles of decision making. Participants will receive materials taken from his book, Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques (3d edition Lexis, 2018, co-authored with Roger Dodd), and slides that make this important CLE easy to follow. Following the presentation participants can discuss questions with Larry in a live format.
Topics to be covered include:
The Chapter Method of Cross-Examination
- The trimtab principle—small changes for big returns
- Making cross the focus of our case
- Elements of a chapter
Chapter bundles
- Breaking cases into understandable parts
Identifying Chapters of use
Applying the science of decision making
- Setting up the confirmation bias
- Creating context for our best facts
- Turning initial beliefs into winning votes
The process of identifying chapters
- Viewing the case as a series of events
- Breaking events into issues
- Searching issues for useful chapters
Drafting chapters of cross
- Planning the “takeaway” from each chapter
- Drafting backwards from goals
- How chapter drafting increases productivity and decreases mental effort
Examples of Chapter Method cross
| Registration Deadlines: |
| Webcast: |
10 minutes prior to seminar. If you register for a webcast the day of the seminar, your e-mail receipt will include a link to launch the seminar and download the materials. |
| Telephone: |
Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. the day preceding the seminar
Call (800) 979-8253 to register up to one hour prior to the seminar |
Cancellation Policy: Cancellation/transfer requests will be honored until 5:00 p.m. the day preceding the seminar. You will, however, be charged $40 if you cancel or transfer your registration to a different seminar after the link to the materials has been e-mailed by Virginia CLE.
Full refunds or transfers are available up to two days after a webcast in the unlikely event that you experience technical difficulties.
MCLE Credit Caveat: The MCLE Board measures credits by the time you spend in attendance. If you enter a seminar late or leave it early, or both, you must reflect those adjustments accurately in the credits you report on your credit reporting form. A code will be given at the end of the seminar, which must be written on your MCLE form.
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