Abstract
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing has issued trial handbooks for practitioners in some twenty-three states. One now appears for Maine lawyers, under the supervision of Bob Stolt of the Maine Bar. Trial Handbook for Maine Lawyers is a single-volume compendium of Maine precedent and practice as they relate to trials. Excluding the discovery matters that precede the trial and the appeal that may follow it, the book focuses on the actual conduct of the trial, from jury selection to verdict and judgment. In between, it covers the necessary matters: opening statements, the order and burden of proof, examination of witnesses, evidence, damages, and closing arguments. As with the corresponding trial handbooks in other states, this volume aims to collect in one place much of what a lawyer needs to know before going to trial and while in the midst of it.
First Page
537
Recommended Citation
Joel C. Martin,
Trial Handbook for Maine Lawyers,
44
Me. L. Rev.
537
(1992).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol44/iss2/10
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