Steven H. Goldberg (professor of law, Pace University School of Law) ; Tracy Walters McCormack (senior lecturer and director of advocay programs, University of Texas School of Law)
The stage : where do I sit? -- The script : what do I say? -- Prepare the play in a trial notebook -- Prepare the players in the woodshed -- Gather the props -- Check out the audience -- Thinning the audience : voir dire -- Curtain up : the opening statement -- Dialogue : examination of witnesses -- The lawyer's part : evidence advocacy -- Last scene : the closing argument