Evidence at trial : an overview -- Burdens, presumptions, and judicial notice -- Procedures for offering and opposing evidence -- Evidentiary privileges -- Relevance and counterweights : general principles -- Relevance and counterweights : applications -- Character evidence -- Witness competency -- The language of the courtroom : common objections to testimonial evidence -- Opinion evidence and expert testimony -- Impeachment and rehabilitation of witnesses -- Authentication and identification of tangible evidence -- The original recording rule -- The basic principles of hearsay evidence -- Hearsay "exemptions" : prior statements by witnesses and statements by party-opponents -- Hearsay exceptions under federal rule 803 -- Hearsay exceptions under federal rule 804 -- Other hearsay exceptions -- Some practice tips about frequently encountered hearsay arguments -- Confrontation -- Appendix: Federal rules of evidence for United States courts