Advocacy

Written by experienced advocates and advocacy trainers, Advocacy provides an excellent introduction to the skills and techniques required to be an advocate. Coverage includes guidance on making opening and closing speeches; planning and delivering examination-in-chief and cross-examination; questioning witnesses; as well as examples of specific questioning techniques which may be employed in practice. Additionally, authors highlight the ethical boundaries and rules within which an advocate must work. Advocacy covers both criminal and civil court proceedings, and includes a number of how-to-do-it guides illustrating how particular applications should be made when in practice. Digital formats This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

1 - Introduction
2 - The qualities of the advocate
3 - Ethics, etiquette, and cross-cultural communication in the courtroom
4 - Recognising competence - advocacy skills criteria
5 - Preparing for court
6 - The content of your application
7 - Structuring your application
8 - Delivering your application
9 - Persuasion
10 - Your voice and speech
11 - Memory and recall
12 - Note-taking
13 - Modes of address
14 - The advocate as storyteller
15 - The course of a trial
16 - Opening speeches
17 - Closing speeches
18 - The task ahead
19 - Basic components for witness handling
20 - Basic questioning skills
21 - Examination-in-chief
22 - Cross-examination
23 - Re-examination
24 - Using this Part of the manual
25 - Skeleton arguments
26 - Default judgments
27 - Summary judgments
28 - Interim payments
29 - Applying for an injunction
30 - Applications in the Chancery Division
31 - The Companies Court
32 - Possession cases
33 - Applying for costs in a civil case
34 - Employment Tribunals
35 - Remands/adjournments
36 - Bail application
37 - Conducting a voir dire or 'trial within a trial'
38 - Making a submission of no case to answer
39 - Prosecuting a plea of guilty in the Crown Court
40 - The plea in mitigation

The manual is edited by Snigdha Nag, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School