Mangrum on Hearsay and Confrontation 2024

Presented by R. Collin Mangrum, JD, SJD

Professor and Endowed Chair, AA and Ethel Yossem Endowed Chair in Legal Ethics

While attending the University of Utah School of Law, Professor Mangrum was associate editor of the Law Review. He was in private practice in Salt Lake City from 1975-1977; was Rotary International Foundation Fellow in 1977 and in 1978; and he joined the Creighton law faculty in 1979. He received a visiting scholar appointment to the University of Edinburgh in the fall of 1986. He has taught as a visiting professor at the University of Utah law School in 1985, 1996, 2004. 2006 and 2013. He was a visiting professor for Touro Law School at Hebrew University in Jerusalem for the summer of 2008.

Location

Creighton University School of Law
2133 Cass Street
Omaha, NE 68178

or Online via Zoom

Designed For

Lawyers, community members, and students

Provided By

• Creighton University School of Law
• Creighton University Office of Continuing Education

Schedule

Thursday, December 19, 2024

8:00 am
Hearsay/Confrontation: Breaking Down Hearsay Problems 

9:00 am
Nonhearsay by Statutory Definition

10:00 am
Morning Break

10:15 am
Confrontation

10:45 am
The Res Gestae Exceptions:  803(1-4)

11:15 am
Rule 803(5) Does the statement fall within Past Recollection Recorded

11:30 am
The Records Exceptions: 803(6)-803(18)

Noon
Lunch

Afternoon Sessions

1:00 pm
803(19-21): Reputation Exceptions
803(22-23): Judgment Exceptions 
Does the Residual Exception Apply? 807 [803(24)]
Is the witness “unavailable” for purposes of 804(a)[1] exception consideration? 
When is former testimony admissible? 804(b)(1)[2)(a)]
804(b)(2)[2(b)]: When are dying declarations admissible? 
804(b)(3)[2(c)]:  When do you have to redact statements against interest?
804(b)(4)[2(d)]:  When is family history admissible?
804(b)(6): Forfeiture by Wrongdoing

2:00 pm
Afternoon Break

2:15 pm
Does the statement provide the Basis of an Expert Opinion
Is a hearsay statement within a hearsay statement admissible? Rule 805  
Can Hearsay Declarants be Impeached as any other Witness? 806
Miscellaneous

3:00 pm
Professionalism and Civility:  Do not Misuse Hearsay in Closing Arguments

4:00 pm
Adjournment

Continuing Education

Creighton University School of Law is an accredited sponsor of continuing legal education in the states of Nebraska and Iowa. Continuing Legal Education Credit (CLE) is pending.