Introduction to Criminal Law Practice 2025

Introduction to Criminal Law Practice 2025

Starts: May 2025 CPD hours: 13.5 Format: In-Person

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This practical two-day workshop will cover the fundamentals of being an effective criminal lawyer. The course addresses the steps that lawyers new to criminal practice need to know about, to prepare for and run a judge-alone trial in the District Court.

Day 1
  • The fundamentals of being a good criminal lawyer
  • Putting it into practice
  • Case review hearings
  • Working with people
  • Judge-alone trials
  • Sentencing submissions.
Day 2
  • Sentencing
  • Evidence-in-chief
  • Cross-examination
  • Producing an exhibit
  • Making an objection
  • Bail
  • Disclosure
  • Name suppression
  • Legal aid
  • Ethics and etiquette.
Presenters: Janine Bonifant and David Dickinson
 
Wellington 26 - 27 May
Auckland 29 - 30 May
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