Thursday, March 16, 2006

BOLLYWOOD LAW

Prof.Michael H. Hoffheimer discusses commercial Hindu films with legal themes in Law Library Journal v.98,no.1, winter 2006 or online. With permission of the author, I have listed several with coutroom scenes.

Ab Dilli Dur Nahin. Directed by Amar Kumar. R.K. Films, 1957.
Adalat. Directed by Kalidas. Kwatra Films, 1958.
Amar. Directed by Mehboob [Khan]. Mehboob Productions, 1954.
Anāri. Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. L.B. Films, 1959.
Awāra. Directed by Raj Kapoor. R.K. Films, 1951.
Damini. Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. Cineyg, 1993.
Do Ustad. Directed by Tara Harish. Sheikh Mukhtar Productions, 1959.
Kanoon. Directed by B.R. Chopra. B.R. Films, 1960.
Veer-Zaara. Directed by Yash Chopra. Yash Raj Films, 2004.

Specially mentioned are Awara and Veer-Zaara.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

TEMPLE WINS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

TRIAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP STREAK CONTINUES

This past weekend at City Hall in Philadelphia,
Temple Law School's National Trial Team won its Regional
Championship. It is Temple’s 4th ATLA Regional Title. The
team defeated Dickinson Law School in the final round of the
competition which also included the following schools:
Albany, Franklin Pierce, Miami, Regent, Rutgers, South
Carolina, Syracuse, and Villanova.

The team goes to Miami FL, on March 30th to
challenge for ATLA's National Championship against the
winners and runners-up from the other thirteen regional
contests.

Team members are Jessica Dumas, Mia Roberts, Brian
Robinson and Drew Sciolla. The team is coached by Professor
Carrie Cinquanto, Director of LL.M. in Trial Advocacy and
Matt Leckman, Esq. (Trial Team 03) (Punea, Pogust, Mason

Monday, March 06, 2006

NEW ACQUISITIONS OF POSSIBLE INTEREST TO THE TRIAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM

NEW ACQUISITIONS RELATED TO TRIAL ADVOCACY

CALL # KFP542.A6 P3 2005.
TITLE Pennsylvania suggested standard civil jury instructions /
prepared by the Civil Instructions Subcommittee of the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee for Proposed Standard Jury
Instructions.
IMPRINT Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Pennsylvania Bar Institute, c2005-

CALL # KF8935.Z9 Y6995 FDVDEYX011 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE Burdens of proof & presumptions [videorecording] / Irving
Younger.
IMPRINT [St. Paul, Minn.] : The National Institute for Trial Advocacy,
2005.

CALL # KFP81 .P4 NO.4375.
AUTHOR Hodge, Samuel D.
TITLE Anatomy for lawyers : a primer.
IMPRINT [Mechanicsburg, Pa.] (5080 Ritter Rd., Mechanicsburg 17055
-6903) : Pennsylvania Bar Institute, c2006.

CALL # KF8935.Z9 Y6995 FDVDEYX02 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE The basic concepts of evidence [videorecording] / Irving Younger.
IMPRINT St. Paul, Minn. : The Institute, 2005.

CALL # KF8935.Z9 Y6995 FDVEYX05 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE Cross-examination, impeachment II & rehabilitation I
[videorecording] / Irving Younger.
IMPRINT St. Paul : The National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005.

CALL # K213 .W5 2005 DVD.
TITLE What can lawyers learn from actors? [videorecording] / ACT of
Communication.
IMPRINT Culver City, CA : ACT of Communication, c2005

CALL # KF8935.Z9 Y6995 FDVDEYX012, 013 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE Hearsay and the right to confrontation 1-2 [videorecording] /
Irving Younger.
IMPRINT St. Paul : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005.

CALL # KF8935.Z9 .Y6995 FDVDEYX06 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE Rehabilitation II [videorecording] : character as a defense /
Irving Younger.
IMPRINT St. Paul, MN : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005.

CALL # KF8935.Z9 Y6995 FDVDEYX01 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE Introduction to evidence [videorecording] / by Irving Younger.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2005.

CALL # KF8935.Z9 Y6995 FDVDEYX03 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE Failure of recollection [videorecording] : best rule, perception,
intro to expert witnesses / Irving Younger.
IMPRINT St. Paul, Minn. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005.

CALL # KF8915 .C68 2005 DVD.
TITLE The Complete advocate [videorecording] : courtroom speaking
skills / featuring Brian K. Johnson.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, IN : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005.

CALL # KF8935.Z9 Y6995 FDVDEYX04 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE Expert witnesses, cross examination & impeachment
[videorecording] / Irving Younger.
IMPRINT St. Paul : The National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005.

CALL # KF8935.Z9 Y6995 FDVDEYX 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Younger, Irving.
TITLE Hearsay 1-4 [videorecording] / Irving Younger.
IMPRINT St. Paul : The National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005.

CALL # KF311 .L37 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Lerner, Alan M.
TITLE Legal interviewing [videorecording] : a DVD workshop / Alan M.
Lerner, Augie Hermann, Bruce Bellingham.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005?

CALL # KF8915 .R675 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Rothschild, Frank D.
TITLE 31 ways to winning advocacy [videorecording] / featuring Frank D.
Rothschild.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2005.

CALL # KF8935 .B634 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Bocchino, Anthony J.
TITLE Trial evidence [videorecording] : making and meeting objections /
[Anthony J. Bocchino, David A. Sonenshein, JoAnne A. Epps]
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Notre
Dame Law School, 2005.

CALL # KF8900 .S67 2002 DVD.
TITLE Preparing the lay witness for deposition [videorecording] / with
David Sonenshein, John Chesney.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2002.

CALL # KF8915.Z9 A39 2005 DVD.
TITLE Advocacy and the art of storytelling [videorecording] / NITA.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005?

CALL # KF8900 .B59 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Bocchino, Anthony J.
TITLE Winning at deposition [videorecording] / by Anthony J. Bocchino.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Notre
Dame Law School, 2005?.

CALL # KF8961 .M35 2005 DVD.
TITLE Persuasive expert testimony [videorecording] / by NITA ;
introduction by John C. Shepard, David M. Malone.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2005?

CALL # KF8915 .B77 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Brook, Sanford M.
TITLE Opening statements [videorecording] : a modern approach / Sanford
M. Brook.
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : NITA, 2005?

CALL # KF306 .M67 2005 DVD.
AUTHOR Morris, Thomas V.
TITLE Legal ethics in an unethical world [videorecording] / [Thomas V.
Morris]
IMPRINT Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2005.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

VIDEOS ON PREPARING CLIENTS FOR DEPOSITION

Sources for videos or dvds on preparing clients for deposition:

1. NITA videos and DVDs
2) Stuff4Lawyers: price under $200
3) Lawyers and Judges Publishing Company under $100
4) Magic Lamp Productions (under $40
5) ALI-ABA
6) Image resources
7) Knowles Publishing 'Preparing the Witness for a Deposition':
8. State Bar of Wisconsin. Not new (1995) but useful.
9. Commonwealth films in MA has 2 offerings, dated but reported to be excellent.
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