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We are pleased to presnet the following review of Cross Examination Handbook: Persuasion, Strategies and Techniques by Ronald H. Clark and others as acknowledged below. The review was prepared by our Senior Law Librarian for Public Access, Theodore Pollack
Title: Cross-Examination Handbook: Persuasion, Strategies, and Techniques
Author: Ronald H. Clark, George R. Dekle, Sr., William S. Bailey
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer: Law & Business
Series: Aspen Coursebook Series
Published: 2011
Price: $39.50
“The Cross-Examination Handbook” is a useful volume for any law student or litigator. The book and accompanying dvd are provide a trial techniques class on cross-examination and examine various cross-examination techniques and the different trial situations in which they arise (e.g. runaway witnesses or recalcitrant witnesses). To deal with these situations in court or in deposition is often a difficult task and to have a guide which provides strategies, model examinations, and sample questions is of potential great assistance to a practitioner.
This book was written by Ronald H. Clark (Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Seattle University School of Law), George R. Dekle, Sr. (Legal Skills Professor, University of Florida Law School), and William S. Bailey (Adjunct Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law). The authors provide a readily read and highly useable aid which is useful to new and experienced trial attorneys. Perhaps it is of greatest utility to new practitioners as they enter trial practice and reduce the need to learn under combat situations and consequently increase their effectiveness.
“The Cross Examination Handbook” is recommended for law libraries, litigators, and law students.
Ted Pollack, Sr. Law Librarian, New York Supreme Court, New York County Public Access Law Library