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inlawrev-2386	Staton, Robert H.	Trial Advocate Competency	1980	22	.pdf	application/pdf	8864	321	49	TRIAL ADVOCATE COMPETENCY 741 second: legal educators can and should develop some system whereby students or new graduates who have selected, even tentatively, specialization in trial work can learn its essence under the tutelage of experts, not by trial and error at clients' expense; and third: ethics, manners and civility in the courtroom are essential ingredients and the lubricants of the inherently contentious adversary system of justice; they must be understood and developed by law students begin- ning in law school.^^ The Clare Report recommended that trial advocates be separately admitted to federal practice and proposed admission rules to federal district courts and to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.^® Study in the following areas of law was suggested as a requirement for ad- mission to federal district courts: evidence, civil procedure, criminal law and procedure, professional responsibility, and trial advocacy .^^ TRIAL ADVOCATE COMPETENCY 735 Chief Justice Richard M. Givan wrote: [I]t was clear that our Court might be certifying persons to practice law in Indiana and for the federal judiciary in Indiana, who were not, in fact, prepared to give the effective legal assistance to their clients who were en- titled—whether in civil or criminal matters or cases.	cache/inlawrev-2386.pdf	txt/inlawrev-2386.txt