Using effective techniques to analyse and evaluate mixed issues of law and fact in the criminal law context, and to devise strategies for advancing the prosecution and/or defence, including:

• Identifying the legal elements of a criminal charge
• Collating and evaluating the evidence available to prove each element of the charge
• Identifying the most likely defence
• Formulating a strategy to combat or advance the defence

Multiple trial preparation tasks based on a range of summary offence charges.
Trainees complete two full trial preparations for cases that they appear on in the Advocacy seminar.