This course will enable you to understand what is expected from an expert
witness, prepare you to give evidence in court, know how you qualify as an
expert witness and understand witness liability.
Course overview
Becoming an expert witness
- Expert witnesses distinguished from lay witnesses
- What lawyers look for in an expert witness
- Qualifying as an expert witness
- Court-appointed expert witnesses
Preparing to testify as an expert witness
- Independence
- Evidence
- Expert reports
- Working papers
Testifying as an expert witness
- Conduct in court
- Preparing for questioning
- Preparing to testify
- Testifying at trial and cross-examination
Liability
- Witness immunity
- Bases for liability