Filing suit, or legal paperwork -- Discovery in general -- Depositions -- Other discovery techniques -- Failure to cooperate in discovery -- Pretrial conferences -- Fundamental concepts -- Who is an expert and when one can testify -- The form of questions to an expert -- Tests, experiments, and the chain of custody -- Common knowledge and routine practice -- Real evidence -- Exhibits and demonstrations -- The rule against hearsay -- Hearsay exceptions I: introduction -- Hearsay exceptions II: writings and records -- Hearsay exceptions III: printed matter -- Hearsay exceptions IV: miscellaneous -- Best evidence rule -- A "real" case -- Organizing narrative direct testimony -- Withstanding cross-examination