When Old Dogs Learn New Tricks: Courtroom Presentation Tools and the Rules of Evidence

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  • Ellen Freedman
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There’s a new generation of computer-based tools which are increasingly being utilized by trial lawyers. Some are behind-the-scenes tools, designed to enhance the ability of the lawyer to map out case strategy, build timelines of events, and even produce trial books. Other tools are designed to organize and present evidence in the courtroom. These latter tools are often referred to as visual aids or presentation tools. But they are much more sophisticated that the enlargement-onfoam-board tools of yore. They include such tools as computer animation, which visually represent an expert’s testimony, projected images of photos, documents, charts and graphs, deposition testimony which is highlighted and annotated, or which combines video and text and is indexed for precise recall by the attorney during a witness’ testimony.

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تاریخ انتشار 2005