[blindLaw] Preparing for and taking notes on cross examinations

[Robert Munro]

The main thing I have found with cross examination is to prepare it in advance. Write down topics you want to address as headings and or subheadings. Then move through them while you’re doing your cross examination by jumping from heading to heading in case you want to take up topics in a different order than you wrote them down originally.

As for taking notes, you might want to do that in a separate document in case you get aPerry Mason-style gift gift during the person’s testimony. You can’t count on that though. That’s why preparation is key. 

Onward!

Rob

> On Feb 9, 2022, at 22:51, Lauren Bishop via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I forgot to mention that I have a braille display, and I have it always connected to my computer through Bluetooth so I can move around the quart room and still have my braille display. 
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Feb 9, 2022, at 10:48 PM, Lauren Bishop via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>> I am currently taking a trial advocacy course, and I have to do cross examinations next week. The professor mentioned using some sort of trial paper for students to take notes while the other side is examining the witness. As blind people, what are some methods that you have used to do this? I am a screen reader user, and I can’t read large print. 
>> Thanks,
>> Lauren
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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