Legos Explain the Rule 803 Hearsay Exceptions Better Than Most Law School Professors
This educational video, which explains the hearsay exceptions set forth in Federal Rule of Evidence 803, is awesome. It boasts great production values: the music, the colors, and, of course, the Legos.
Our favorite part is when the little Lego woman pukes out a copious stream of dark green vomit. How did they do that?
Check out the video for yourself:
(Gavel bang: TJ's Double Play.)
Hearsay Exception [YouTube]
Hearsay: The Musical Number! [TJ's Double Play]
Comments
This is more than one year old. See http://favorabledicta.blogspot.com/2005/05/definitive-hearsay-movie-event-of-year.html
It's a great song and movie, but it gets the exception for statements for medical treatment wrong so far as the Federal Rules (which it seems to reference) are concerned. It states that Jill's statements to her doctor would fall under the exception unless they were made for the purpose of litigation, but that distinction has been abandoned by the Federal Rules. In the Note to FRE 803(4), the Advisory Committee addressed the historical limitation in some jurisdictions to statements not made for the purpose of litigation and stated quite clearly, "[t]he rule accordingly rejects the limitation."
Posted by: default | November 14, 2006 04:55 PM
Nice catch of the error, default!
Re: the prior appearance of the video, that was pre-YouTube - which makes it so much easier to disseminate this type of thing. There are probably lots of video clips out there that are getting a second life thanks to YouTube.
Posted by: Anonymous | November 14, 2006 05:36 PM
And let's not forget that res gestae has totally been rejected by the federal rules.
What a piece of crap video.
Posted by: More anon | November 14, 2006 06:04 PM
The video is originally from my blog, and our state recognizes res gestae. So, maybe the video isn't the piece of crap?
Posted by: Energy Spatula | November 18, 2006 05:41 PM
The video is very fun. People obviously like it - that's why it's one of the "Most E-Mailed" posts (left-hand column). The opinion of "More anon" is definitely the minority view.
Posted by: Anonymous | November 19, 2006 12:06 AM