Graduate School of Law

Diploma in Interrogation and Cross-examination in criminal cases.

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Target

The objective of the Diploma in Interrogation and Cross-examination in Criminal Cases is to instruct participants in criminal proceedings in the skills necessary to carry out effective interrogations in order to clarify the facts in dispute.

Next school start date: November 05, 2025

General information

Aimed at

Criminal judges, prosecutors, public defenders, free practicing lawyers dedicated to criminal litigation, police investigators, experts and any professional who is directly or indirectly related to the practice of interrogation in criminal cases.

Minimum requirements

Basic concepts of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Evidence Law, Constitutional Law, Argumentation.

Approval requirements

Complete all class hours and the final graded practical evaluation of the practical exercises.

Teachers

Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas.

- Lawyer, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.
- Master Ll.M. in Oral Litigation from the California W. School of Law (USA) - distinction for the best cross-examiner.
- Master's Degree in Probative Reasoning from the University of Girona (Spain)
- Under the supervision of Marina Gascón and Juan Antonio García Amado, he is currently doing his doctoral research on the confrontation of expert evidence.
- Professor at Universidad del Rosario and Universidad Externado de Colombia.
- Visiting professor as lecturer of the Master's Degree in Justice Systems at the University of Girona, Spain.
- Various international conferences and trainings

Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

- Master in Tort Law from the University of Girona, Spain.
- Expert in Criminal Compliance from the University of La Rioja, Spain.
- Master in Legal Argumentation from the Universidad Degli Studi di Palermo, Italy, and from the Universidad de Alicante, Spain.
- Diploma in Oral Litigation Techniques from the University of Salamanca, Spain.
- Specialist in Criminal and Criminological Sciences from Universidad Externado de Colombia.
- Studying the Specialization in Probative Reasoning at the University of Girona.
- Professor at the Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo in the criminal branch at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
- Litigation attorney in the criminal area.

Detail of the Curriculum

Stage 1: Theory of the case and its inseparable relationship with direct and cross-examination.

No. Theory hours: 4

Date: January 6, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 21:00

Modality: Virtual  

Professor: Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

Stage 2: Psychology of testimony and evidentiary reasoning and its relation to examination and cross-examination.

No. Theory hours: 4

Date: January 8, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 21:00

Modality: Virtual  

Professor: Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

Stage 3: Direct examination of witnesses and attesting witnesses

No. Theory hours: 4

Date: January 13, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 21:00

Modality: Virtual  

Professor: Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

Stage 4: Direct questioning of experts

No. Theory hours: 4

Date: January 15, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 21:00

Modality: Virtual  

Professor:Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas

Stage 5: Cross-examination of witnesses

No. Theory hours: 4

Date: January 20, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 21:00

Modality: Virtual  

Professor:Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas

Stage 6: Cross-examination of experts

No. Theory hours: 4

Date: January 22, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 21:00

Modality: Virtual  

Professor:Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas

Stage 7: Execution of cross-examination

No. Theory hours: 4

Date: January 27, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 21:00

Modality: Virtual  

Professor:Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas

Step 8: Practical Exercise - Direct Examination of Witnesses and Witnesses and Objection of Objections

No. Theory hours: 3

Date: January 29, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 20:00

Modality: On-site 

Teachers: Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas & Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

Step 9: Practical exercise - Direct examination of experts and control of hostile witness

No. Theory hours: 3

Date: January 30, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 20:00

Modality: On-site 

Teachers: Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas & Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

Step 10: Practical exercise - Cross-examination of witnesses. Part I

No. Theory hours: 3

Date: January 31, 2025

Schedules: 17:00 a 20:00

Modality: On-site 

Teachers: Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas & Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

Step 11: Practical exercise - Cross-examination of witnesses. Part II

No. Theory hours: 6

Date: February 1, 2025

Schedules: 09:00 a 15:00

Modality: On-site 

Teachers: Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas & Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

Step 12: Practical Exercise - Cross-examination of Experts

No. Theory hours: 5

Date: February 2, 2025

Schedules: 09:00 a 14:00

Modality: On-site 

Teachers: Juan Sebastián Fajardo Vanegas & Juan Manuel Guzmán Santoro

 

 

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