Admissibility, Closing Argument and Litigation

WARNING: YOUR OPENING STATEMENT OR CLOSING ARGUMENT MAY BE USED AGAINST YOU

Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy

JANUARY 16, 2024

The question lawyers need to ponder – and adversaries need to pounce upon – is whether that same admonition applies to what lawyers say in their openings and closings, with the added concern that the warning will be anything you say SHALL be used against you, and you can’t dispute it. The same has been applied to closing arguments.

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Judicial Notice: Four Must-Know Rules

Evidence at Trial

MARCH 22, 2023

Most litigators are generally familiar with the concept of judicial notice. In pretrial litigation , judicial notice requests are used in pleadings to establish some needed fact without an attesting witness. Just because something is judicially noticeable does not mean it's admissible. Judicial notice? 3d 576, 580 (1970).

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Evidence Witnesses Hearsay Rule Admissibility

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WARNING: YOUR OPENING STATEMENT OR CLOSING ARGUMENT MAY BE USED AGAINST YOU

Judicial Notice: Four Must-Know Rules

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