Guided path
A first criminal file
Begin with nine lessons on the procedural map, proof, investigation, liberty and trial preparation. Continue with the full course for evidence, hearings and review.
By the end of this path
Identify the decisions that arise before trial and the questions requiring further study.
The syllabus
From the course Criminal Procedure and Evidence
- Following a Criminal Case: Courts, Choices and StagesUp next17 minStep 1
Locate the actors, courts and stages before choosing a procedural route.
- Criminal Proof: From Evidence to Reasonable Doubt16 minStep 2
Distinguish the burden of proof, reasonable doubt and the assessment of evidence.
- Police Detention, Arrest and Access to Counsel16 minStep 3
Examine police contact, detention, arrest and access to counsel.
- Searches, Seizures and Investigative Powers18 minStep 4
Connect an investigative measure to its authorization, scope and possible challenge.
- Pretrial Release and Bail19 minStep 5
Work through release, detention, conditions and review before trial.
- Disclosure and third-party records17 minStep 6
Distinguish prosecution disclosure from access to records held by others.
- Charges, elections and pleas22 minStep 7
Connect the accusation, the trial route and the plea.
- The preliminary inquiry: deciding whether a case goes to trial17 minStep 8
Identify when a preliminary inquiry is available and what it decides.
- Trial fairness and unreasonable delay19 minStep 9
Organize fair-trial issues, the timeline and the appropriate application.
An independently curated sequence. Every lesson also lives in its own course, and your progress is shared between the two.