Course Description

This course gives an in-depth study of the hearsay rule and exceptions. The course covers the hearsay rule in five parts: 1) non-hearsay; 2) statutory non-hearsay; 3) exceptions that apply when the declarant's availability is immaterial; 4) exceptions that apply when the declarant is unavailable; and 5) the hearsay rules vis-a'-vis the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause. Descriptive video lecture presentations contain numerous examples and explanations followed by opportunities to self-assessment via over sixty interactive problems and quizzes. It also contains downloadable course materials for future reference and a copy of the Louisiana Code of Evidence.

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Shenequa Grey

Professor Grey is a former prosecutor with trial experience in a full range of trials including armed robbery, rapes, and second-degree murder. She earned an advanced law degree in trial advocacy from one of the leading advocacy programs in the nation, Temple Beasley School of Law. She has taught advocacy and evidence for more than twelve years and is the author of An Anatomy of Louisiana Evidence Law: Code, Commentary, Cases, and Problems, published by Carolina Academic Press (available at www.greyevidence.com, and the electronic interactive supplement available at www.casebookadvantage.com).

Course curriculum

  • 1

    INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING HEARSAY & COURSE MATERIALS

  • 2

    PART A: HEARSAY DEFINED & NON-HEARSAY

  • 3

    PART B: HEARSAY EXCEPTIONS THAT APPLY WHEN THE AVAILABILITY OF THE DECLARANT IS IMMATERIAL

    • Lecture: Part B1

    • Self-Assessment B1

    • Lecture: Part B2

    • Self-Assessment B2

    • Lecture: Part B3

    • Self-Assessment B3

    • Lecture: Part B4

    • Self-Assessment B4

    • Instructional Video: Refreshing Recollection/Recollection Recorded
  • 4

    PART C: HEARSAY EXCEPTIONS THAT APPLY WHEN THE DECLARANT IS UNAVAILABLE

    • Lecture: Part C1

    • Self-Assessment C1

    • Lecture: Part C2

    • Self-Assessment C2

    • Lecture: Part C3

    • Self-Assessment C3
  • 5

    PART D: STATUTORY NON-HEARSAY

    • Lecture: Part D1

    • Self-Assessment D1

    • Lecture: Part D2

    • Self-Assessment D2
  • 6

    PART E: HEARSAY VIS-A-VIS THE 6TH AMENDMENT CONFRONTATION CLAUSE

    • Lecture: Part E