Legal Skills: Difference between revisions

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How does a civil lawsuit work?
How does deposition work?
How does the witness stand work?
How does cross examination work?
How do the rules of evidence work?
How do objections work?
The way to go is pay-as-you-go legal consultant. This comes with a contract. If hiring an attorney, always use notice and conssent of limited representation. The concept is - either you run the show, or the attorney runs the show. Each has its flavors.
- See Pro Bono Attorneys Handbook
For dishonorable clients - once you catch them on a couple of lies - they are liars. Strategy: anticipate they lie they tell, and figure out what I need to show to expose lie.
How to introduce witnesses at deposition or trial
How and when to address the judge. All info directed at judge, not opponent
How to depose - how to invite someone to deposition and how to negotiate them to come if they are not willing
How to serve somebody. How to find their address etc.
How to produce or negotiate documents from a government agency
Changing Attorneys
Deposition costs - $30-65/hr, plus $2-4/page transcript. One day is thus $400+ 25 pages of deposition per hour = $800.b [1]. Depositions can be anywhere from 15 minutes to days. You may pray for recovery of deposition costs.
RJI stands for request for judicial intervention and assigns the case to a judge.
Legal costs are recoverable, but not attorneys' fees. [2]

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+*How does a civil lawsuit work?
+*How does deposition work?
+*How does the witness stand work?
+*How does cross examination work?
+*How do the rules of evidence work?
+*How do objections work?
 *The way to go is '''pay-as-you-go legal consultant'''. This comes with a contract. If hiring an attorney, always use notice and conssent of limited representation. The concept is - either you run the show, or the attorney runs the show. Each has its flavors.
 **See [[Pro Bono Attorneys Handbook]]