Criminal Trial Advocacy Books

My purpose in creating the CCJA web site is to offer a learning environment that will encourage you to educate yourselves by reading before and after class. The 4-step key to unlocking your potential as a courtroom lawyer is study, practice, reflection and integration.

Our primary text is ASSIGNMENTS IN CRIMINAL TRIAL ADVOCACY. This 625-page book contains the simulated litigation exercises you will be performing during the first ten weeks, together with discussion notes. Click Assignments for a list of the first ten weeks of problems and exercises. Your personal Assignments book should be obtained from the instructor's Staff Assistant, Ms. Marentes, Ext. 1839, in Room 620 from 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. M-F. Collect these materials several days in advance of the first class session. The use fee is $25, payable when you pick up the book. The book will be returned at the end of the course.

Those who desire further technical and tactical how-to-do-it advice on performing the simulated litigation exercises are urged to consult my CCJA web site. I have also written a 2-volume Criminal Practice Manual (+1000 information-packed pages re trial skills) that might be useful in your criminal practice. It is available on CD from the CCJA. You are not required or expected to purchase the Criminal Practice Manual.

Without dedicated effort on your part, no one but you can make you skilled. Reading the Assignments book and the web site will open the gate.