The Advocate's Advantage
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Advocacy is both an art and a science. It can be taught, studied, practiced, and written about. To us, advocacy is a passion – something inside a litigator’s heart and their brain. To us, advocacy is our advantage. Through this blog, we aim to educate ourselves while also sharing resources and helping others through an online community. Here, at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Advocacy Program is always looking for ways to further our skills and understanding of the law.
And so, The Advocate’s Advantage was born…
The Nuance of FRE 801(d)(2)(C) “Speaking Authority” v. 801(d)(2)(D) “Scope of Relationship”
During a trial I was handling in the Southern District of New York a few weeks ago, I sat at the defense side of the table during the direct examination of the plaintiff. As I listened, my adversary began to elicit out-of-court statements that were undoubtedly being...
Amicus Curiae: Your Advocacy Questions, Answered
After completing the required courses during the first year of law school, upper-level students get the chance to add more variety into their schedules and try different legal courses and simulations. For a lot of students, these courses provide great opportunities to...
FRE Rule 404(b): A Rule of Exclusion or Inclusion?
FRE 404(b) – one of the most controversial rules of evidence. Known as the rule of exclusion, it attempts to prevent the prior bad acts of a witness from being admitted into evidence because those acts are often used as evidence of propensity - an inclination to...
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