Topic
Trial practice
129 published works
TechLaw Crossroads
Meeting Jurors Where They Are in 2026. Not 1976
What sort of people were these? What were they talking about? What office did they belong to? The Trial, Franz Kafka Imagine being summoned to some strange place, placed in…
North Carolina Criminal Law
Revisiting Simeon v. Hardin: Part II, Lack of “Order” in the Trial Order
In Part I of this three-part series revisiting Simeon v. Hardin, 339 N.C. 358 (1994), I explored the district attorney’s calendaring practices that were challenged in the landmark case, and…
eDiscovery Today Blog
2026 Guide to AI and LLMs in Trial Practice by Craig Ball!: Artificial Intelligence Best Practices
By Doug Austin
Déjà vu all over again! Exactly one year to the day that Craig Ball published a primer for AI, his 2026 Guide to AI and LLMs in Trial Practice is…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Five Favorites for Friday
Late Thursday night is one of my favorite times of the week. The house is quiet, the dog is snoozing on my feet, the football game is on the tube,…
Stritmatter Law Blog
What the Cardi B Trial Teaches Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Not to Do
Has everyone been watching the Cardi B v. Emani Ellis trial? Every day, there’s been an entertaining new viral clip. Cardi B. and Ellis met in 2018 in the hallway…
Stritmatter Law Blog
Remembering Gerry Spence: Lessons from The Ranch
A Legendary Trial Lawyer’s Passing Gerry Spence — one of America’s most legendary trial lawyers and the founder of the Trial Lawyers College — passed away this week at 96.…
Texas Appellate Counsel
E149 | Straddling the Line Between Trial Work and Appellate Practice | Dylan Russell
“There's never any point at which I would have to say, ‘Well, I'm only going to do trial work now’ or ‘I'm only going to do appellate work,’” Dylan Russell…
ContractsProf Blog
Sid DeLong, Younger on Cross-Examination
Imagining Irving Younger Sidney W. DeLongAs a young lawyer doing civil litigation, I read everything I could find on cross-examination. Then I discovered Irving Younger’s magnificent lectures on trial practice and…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Avoiding Expert Witness Disasters
Richard M. Leisner In the following guest post, Richard M. Leisner takes a look at recent case law developments in Texas that underscore the key role of expert testimony as…
McGeorge Community Stories
Alumnus dedicates career to trial work in California
[caption id="attachment_3174" align="alignleft" width="280"] Jesse Rivera, '78, has tried upwards of one hundred cases.[/caption] Jesse Rivera, ’78, has a career that exemplifies dedication, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to justice.…