RSS FeedThe “Art” of the Cross-Examination
By: Law is Cool · January 6, 2009 · Filed Under Law Career · 5 Comments
- Be brief.
- Use short questions, plain words.
- Always ask leading questions.
- Don’t ask a question to which you do not know the answer.
- Listen to the witness’s answers.
- Don’t quarrel with the witness.
- Don’t allow the witness to repeat his or her direct testimony.
- Don’t permit the witness to explain his or her answers.
- Don’t ask the “one question too many.”
- Save the ultimate point of your cross for summation.
