2022 Trial Academy Materials

Below are meeting materials for your reference. If you have any questions, please email Amy O'Maley McGuire.
 

Pre-Meeting Materials:

1. Student Information Letter

2. Trial Academy Student Schedule

3. Student Assignments 2022

4. Trial Academy Faculty and Student Groups

5. Meet Your Trial Academy Faculty

6. Using the Internet on Campus

7. Stanford Summer Resources Summer 2022

8. Munger Front Desk Flyer

9. Area Restaurant Guide

10. Summer Cafes

11. Campus Map

12. Munger Graduate Residence Map

13. Taxi Information

14. Earthquake Preparedness

15. 2022 Participant Directory
 

Trial Problems:

Faculty Hypothetical (Product Liability – Personal Injury Case)
David Otis Wilson and Debra B. Wilson v. The Roe Chemical Company, Inc.

Student Hypothetical (Wrongful Discharge)
Gorman v. Sterling & Morgan

Student Hypothetical (Automobile Accident – Head Injury)
Hertz v. Aycup
 

Reference Papers:

Voir Dire: The Rejection Process
William M. Dalehite, Jr.

Opening Statement: The Art of Storytelling
Cathy Havener Greer

Direct Talk about Direct Examinations
James A. O'Neal

A Field Guide to the Care and Feeding of Experts: Direct Examination
Daniel J. Scully, Jr.

Cross-Examination of an Expert
Joseph E. O’Neil, George J. Lavin, Jr., and Charles W. Babcock

Direct and Cross Examination of an Economist
Stephen F. McKinney

Cross-Examination of a Medical Expert
Lori G. Cohen

Closing Argument
William C. Cleveland

Preserving the Record for Appeal
Shaun McParland Baldwin

Use of Technology in the Courtroom
Robert C. Manlowe, Jenny Guidi, and Adam D. Bloomberg

Big E . . . little e: Ethics and the Trial Lawyer
Mark S. Olson
 

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