Episode Details

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, in our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing the standards for admitting witness testimony, which are found in the rules of Evidence.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Who can be a lay witness?
• The instances in which lay witnesses can offer opinion testimony
• When is expert witness testimony permitted at trial?
• Factors used to determine the reliability of an expert's testimony
• Analyzing two hypos from previous California bar exams 

Resources:

• "Listen and Learn" series (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-archive-by-topic/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-explaining-individual-mee-and-california-bar-essay-questions/#listen-learn)
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2012 (https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/CBXFeb2012_SelectedAnswers_R.pdf)
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2019 (https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/Feb2019_CBX_SelectedAnswers.EssayQuestions_R.pdf)

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(https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-159-listen-and-learn-evidence-expert-vs-lay-witness-testimony/)

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Alison & Lee