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ORAL
ADVOCACY WORKSHOP
As
various Latin American countries move their criminal procedure from
an inquisitorial to adversarial system, there is much need for oral
advocacy skills training. Oral trials are becoming more common and
now Latin American lawyers must learn to use expert witnesses and
the art of cross-examination. Judges must learn how to hear oral
testimony, rather than read the written testimonies to which they
are accustomed. With the transparency that such additions bring
to the criminal process, oral advocacy skills have a new premium.
Proyecto ACCESO instructors -from Chilean and Costa Rican
oral advocacy specialists to internationally-recognized trial academy
attorneys from the United States -provide program participants with
these new skill sets in mock trials, testimony simulations, and
through the use of interactive video critiques.
Proyecto
ACCESO's signature oral advocacy program consists of a five-day
intensive workshop. Many Latin American states are undergoing a
process of reform as their criminal procedures move from the largely
written and closed inquisitorial system to a more open, oral, and
public adversarial system. Proyecto ACCESO continues to have
the good fortune of building a team of instructors with extensive
experience in judicial reform settings.
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