Mental Health Litigation Training: Refresh and Hone Your Cross Exam Skills

Mental Health Litigation Training Unit Presents (again):
Refresh and Hone Your Cross Exam Skills:
Using trial transcripts to demonstrate effective ways to conduct a powerful cross

 In all your cases, you need to conduct strategic and effective cross examination in order to successfully argue why the court should deny the petitioner’s case. What better way to improve your cross skills than to view transcripts of actual cross examinations for what to emulate and what to improve?

Come join us on February 10^th from 2-4 p.m.

2 CLE Credits (MH trial and appellate panels)

 We will discuss and review fundamental cross examination technique, theory and strategy, and demonstrate a problematic cross followed by an improved examination. We will then break out into small groups facilitated by MHLD staff to review transcripts together to identify which cross exams were effective and practice conducting cross exams to make others more effective.

 After the training, you will be able to:

• Explain when & why to use a constructive or destructive cross technique and your theory of the case & witness;
• Identify the Three Rules of Cross;
• Recognize good and bad examples of effective cross examination;
• Demonstrate how to correct the ineffective sample cross examinations with proper cross technique

Registration is limited to 40 participants because there is brainstorming and “on your feet” skills practice in small groups. This is the same program that was offered in February 2022 so please do not register for this again if you took the program last year. If we end up having space we will open to repeat participants.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-GopjwqHtcOaQgMrVZG30R3wIPz0pCe

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing your unique link to join the training on February 10 at 2:00 p.m. Please save that email/copy link to your calendar and do not share it with others.