Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1990
Abstract
This essay describes a novel clinical format, a simulation course that is based on students' testimony about actual events in their own lives. The two main purposes of the course, however, are not novel. First, I aim to teach the students to be effective trial lawyers by instructing them in the techniques of direct examination and cross-examination and by making them sensitive to the roles of the other courtroom players: the witness, the judge, and the jury. Second, I hope to encourage the students to think about the social and ethical consequences of our method of trying lawsuits.
Recommended Citation
Gross, Samuel R. "Clinical Realism: Simulated Hearings Based on Actual Events in Students' Lives." J. Legal Educ. 40 (1990): 321-38.