Pretrial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis,and Strategy (Aspen Coursebook)

The Fourth Edition, revised to reflect current Rules, has a new chapter on pretrial conferences in civil and criminal cases and expanded coverage of criminal case plea negotiations.

The revised chapter on depositions includes new material on making and meeting objections, conferring with the client, and the interplay between the deposition and cross-examination. The practical effects of the Twombly/Iqbal decisions are explored. New information is included on investigating social media during pretrial preparation.

prosecutors' new responsibilities under MRPC 3.8 (g) and e-discovery--well as new technologies are introduced. A File of Exemplary Forms contains sample documents essential to pretrial practice, such as client intake form, engagement and non-engagement letters, settlement brochure, and an agreement to mediate.