On August 31, 2018, the Legal Shengbang Criminal Defense Expert Forum (Phase III) hosted by the Criminal Business Department of Guangdong Legal Shengbang Law Firm was successfully held in the multi-functional conference room of our institute. Lawyer Nan Fang, Director of the Economic Crime Defense Professional Committee of the Guangdong Lawyers Association, a member of the Supervisory Board of our institute, and Senior Partner, served as the keynote speaker of this forum. The forum attracted more than 50 lawyers from both inside and outside the institute to come and learn. Lawyer Nan Fang shared the theme of "Comprehensive Skills for Court Questions" with his fellow lawyers present, and Professor Xiao Yangyu was invited to serve as a guest commentator of this forum. This forum is hosted by Lawyer Chen Liang, Minister of Criminal Affairs Department.

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【Lawyer Chen Liang】

At the forum, Lawyer Nan Fang gave a lecture and shared the theme of "Comprehensive Skills for Court Questions". The main content shared by Lawyer Nan Fang includes the rules of court questioning, professional etiquette of court questioning, preparation before court questioning, common inappropriate methods of court questioning, types of court questioning, and strategic skills of court questioning.

In the lecture, Lawyer Nan Fang demonstrated the application of comprehensive court questioning skills in criminal case trials to his fellow lawyers present in vivid and interesting ways such as video teaching and case drills. He also explained how to achieve the desired trial effect through the use of comprehensive court questioning skills in criminal case trials, combined with rich cases. Through the sharing of cases such as the public prosecutor's questioning of Wang Xin in the famous "Quick Broadcast Case", the defense lawyer's questioning of the handling police in the "Simpson Wife Murder Case", and the questioning of witnesses by Bo Xilai in the "Bo Xilai Case", this article provides detailed explanations from multiple perspectives on how to correctly use open and closed questioning, how to reasonably establish questioning outlines and lists How to avoid inducing questioning and how to handle it correctly as a defense lawyer for the public prosecutor, as well as issues that should be paid attention to when questioning different objects such as parties, other defendants in the same case, victims, witnesses, investigators, etc. in court.

【Lawyer Nan Fang】

In addition, Lawyer Nan Fang also prepared a simulation exercise for the defense's questioning during the court trial for this lecture. He also designed an outline and questions for the questioning of the case of "suspected intentional harm", and invited fellow lawyers present as defense counsel for the defendant to conduct questioning exercises on the defendant's legitimate defense plot in the case. The lawyers present actively signed up to participate in the questioning exercises, And he expressed his own views on the legitimate defense of this case, which sparked a heated discussion among his fellow lawyers present. At the same time, Lawyer Nan Fang explained and shared the problems, skills, and discussion content that existed in the case questioning exercise.

【Lawyer Nan Fang】

After the lecture sharing by Lawyer Nan Fang, Professor Xiao Yangyu, a part-time lawyer at our institute, associate professor at the Law School of Guangdong Normal University, and doctoral student in Criminal Law, gave a guest review. Professor Xiao highly praised Lawyer Nan Fang's lecture, which was rich in content, clear in context, clear in main lines, and rich in cases. He also stated that the reform of the criminal litigation system centered on trial will increasingly attract attention from courts and defense lawyers. Criminal defense lawyers will have great potential in the trial, and they should seize this opportunity, By continuously improving one's professional skills, one can better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties involved. At the same time, Professor Xiao briefly shared his questioning skills in criminal defense cases, combined with teaching theories and his own handling of cases.

【Lawyer Xiao Yangyu】

Subsequently, Lawyer Zhong Muhu, Deputy Minister of Criminal Business Department, expressed his views on the questioning skills of the court in response to the theme of the forum, combined with his previous experience as a criminal case investigator receiving lawyer inquiries in court and his current experience as a criminal defense lawyer. Lawyer Zhong stated that with the reform of the criminal litigation system centered on trial, the original focus of criminal case investigation has been shifted to the focus of trial, It has become increasingly important to maximize the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the defendant through reasonable and accurate questioning of the defendant and witnesses in court investigations, based on sufficient examination and interviews.

【Lawyer Zhong Muhu】

With the further deepening of the forum, the forum entered an interactive phase. Lawyer Chen Liang, Minister of Criminal Affairs Department, and Lawyer Li Zilong, Secretary General of Criminal Affairs Department, briefly shared their experience in questioning during the trial of criminal cases and raised their questions during the process. Lawyer Nan Fang provided full answers to Lawyer Li Zilong's doubts during the case handling process.

【Lawyer Yang Juan】

【Lawyer Lin Xuan】

【Lawyer Li Zilong】

Lawyer Nan Fang's two-hour lecture, which was unreserved, full of dry goods, and in simple terms, was conducted through case analysis and skill drills from the aspects of court questioning etiquette, preparation before questioning, taboos, and strategic skills in questioning. This will bring more practical "pure dry goods" sharing to the lawyer industry, and enhance the trial skills of our criminal defense lawyers Promoting the development of criminal lawyer business has a positive effect, and the sharing of "pure dry goods" by Nan Fang Lawyer, who is simple in language, clear in logic, and rich in practical cases, has won unanimous praise from the lawyer colleagues present.

【Taking a group photo as a souvenir】