FOR61260/FOR6126 - Legal and Procedural Concepts in Trial Consulting

(3 units)

This course provides a foundation for engaging in courtroom consultation. The course covers the pre-trial through post-trial processes in criminal and civil, state and federal courtrooms as they relate to all aspects of trial consulting. Constitutional and statutory provisions, jurisdictional differences, the ethics of courtroom consultation, and the numerous ways in which behavioral science can benefit the trial process are discussed.