Students will learn when to write their expert report and more importantly when not to write an expert report. The law governing the discoverability and admissibility of expert reports will be explained. The specific reasons why a well-written report is of crucial importance will be explained. Questions and Answers

Students will learn the legally mandated content requirements for Rule 26 Reports for cases in federal court and reports used to oppose or support motions for summary judgment (Rule 56 motions). Questions and Answers

Students will learn the optimum ways to format an expert report and how this can assist them during cross-examination. The importance of proper formatting will be emphasized, with a specific discussion of cover pages, fonts, topic headings, paragraph breaks and lengths, spacing, and page numbering. A mock trial demonstration will emphasize the importance of proper formatting. Model reports with superior formatting will be provided. Questions and Answers

 Through a combination of a didactic presentation, interactive writing exercises, and mock trial demonstrations, students will learn the best way to document in an expert report the documents and research upon which the expert's opinion was based and the importance of doing this in a proper manner. What should and should not be included will be discussed. Questions and Answers

 The expert's stating of his own qualifications in an expert report is an area where avoidable mistakes with severe consequences are all too often made. Through didactic presentations, interactive writing exercises and a mock trial demonstration, students will learn the importance of accurately and objectively stating one's qualifications and the common errors that experts often make in this area. Questions and Answers

The purpose of an expert report is the expression of the expert's opinion. This opinion should be expressed in a clear, confident and supportable manner. Through didactic presentations, interactive writing exercises and a mock trial demonstration, students will learn how to properly express an opinion and the reasoning for that opinion in an expert report and the common pitfalls to avoid in this area. Questions and Answers

Through didactic presentations and a mock trial demonstration experts will learn the importance of proofreading their report and how to catch and correct the most commonly made errors in expert reports. Questions and Answers

Lunch (Provided with Faculty)

Through didactic presentations, interactive writing exercises and a mock trial demonstration, students will learn 20 proven techniques to make their expert report more powerful, persuasive, and defensible. Specific techniques explained will include: avoidance of absolute words, staying within the expert's true area of expertise, red flag words to avoid in expert reports, common damaging superfluous language that should not appear in expert reports, the avoidance of hedge words and over a dozen more specific techniques. Questions and Answers

 Through didactic presentations and mock trial demonstrations students will learn the 25 most effective tactics counsel uses to attack an expert through his report and, more importantly, specific advice on how to defend against each and every one of these tactics. Questions and Answers

Concluding remarks will be preceded by an attendee and faculty generated numbered list of action steps and takeaways from the covered material that attendees can use to draft more persuasive and defensible expert reports. Questions and Answers.

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Expert Report Writing
Workshop

Mail/Orders: PO Box 729, Falmouth, MA 02541
Courier:  316 Gifford St., Falmouth, MA 02540