TESTIFYING IN COURT

Juries are like other audiences. Explain how you prepare and enhance your professional approach to testifying in court.

Juries are like other audiences. Explain how you prepare and enhance your professional approach to testifying in court.

Testifying in Court

Proper preparation by the caseworker, as discussed above, will make his/her job much easier when it is time to testify in court. However, good note taking and open communication with the agency attorney will not necessarily make a caseworker an effective witness(Barsky, Gould, 2006). How well caseworkers communicate on the witness stand is as important as pretrial preparation.

Courtroom Dress and Demeanor

The impression given ...