No courtroom skill is more fundamental to a defense attorney's practice than cross-examination. Effective cross starts with a strong foundation of core skills, but can take many forms. The cross of a 10-year-old child will look very different from the cross of a 10-year veteran police detective; techniques used to expose expert bias may not be effective to expose an eyewitness's mistake. Here are some resources to help defenders hone this vital skill.
Want More Cross?
- Cross-Examination of Difficult Witnesses - Eric Davis and Karen Smolar
- Cross-Examination of the State’s DNA Expert - Carrie Wood and Nathan Adams
- Cross of the Child Witness with Live Demo - Laurie Shanks
- Advanced Cross of Experts & Officers in DUI Cases - Larry Pozner
Additional NACDL Member Resources on Cross
- Digital Age and Practice: Practical and Tactical Workflow for Cross-Examination (Naseem, Dec. 2019)
- Cross Country: Techniques for Impeachment by Prior Inconsistent Statements (Pozner, Dec. 2019)
- Practice Points: Cross-Examination--It is All About the Story! (Duarte, June 2015)
- Cross-Esamining the Expert Witness: Do's, Don'ts and the Occassional Maybe (Sim, Feb. 2012)
Join us for NACDL's Spring Meeting!
Larry Pozner, a master of cross-examination, and co-author of "Cross-Examination: Science and Technique" will be the featured speaker in a special 4-hour session.
Cross-Examination Manuals, Video, & Self-Study CLE
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