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Trump’s Helpful Courtroom Behavior
Trial lawyers think differently from other human beings when they evaluate a person who might be a witness. First, they evaluate what the person has to offer in the case in the context of the rules of evidence. The trial lawyer ponders whether or not what the witness has to offer is admissible in evidence.…
CRAFTING THE CONTENT OF A PRESENTATION
The following is an excerpt from Powerful Presentation Handbook – a book that can serve as a guide whenever you are making a presentation whether it is given in or out of a courtroom.CRAFTING THE CONTENT OF A PRESENTATIONThere are three guiding principles for selecting and designing the content of your presentation: (1) a purpose…
Reforming the Criminal Justice System
For most of the virus isolation year, I worked on a new book—Roadways to Justice: Reforming the Criminal Justice System. The book was published by Full Court Press, Fastcase, Inc.Roadways to Justice is a history of efforts to reform the criminal justice system, and it is somewhat of a memoir. Beginning in…
RIGHT WORDS FOR TRIAL LAWYERS
Metaphor: A metaphor makes comparisons by replacing one thing for another. Metaphors are powerful because they connect the information you want to impart to with something with which the jurors are familiar. Also, metaphors can be utilized to make a complex idea easier to understand. In trial advocacy, the metaphor can be a bridge between…
New Edition: Evidence Book
NEW LAW SCHOOL PRETRIAL ADVOCACY FLEX JD COURSE
Beginning this Spring Seattle University Law School will offer my Comprehensive Pretrial Advocacy Flex JD course. It is a 4-credit course. Flex JD courses are designed for students who are working. They are hybrids—for example, my Pretrial Advocacy course involves one synchronous online Zoom session per week running from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and two…
Opening Statement: Your Golden Opportunity as a Trial Lawyer
Opening Statement is a golden opportunity. As a trial lawyer, opening statement is your chance to communicate your message in your words. It is a golden opportunity for three reasons. First, you can provide the jurors with the story of your case in your own words. Opening statement will aid jurors in organizing and understanding the…
Best Reads: Abraham Lincoln Books
A couple days ago, a friend emailed me to say that her book club had just read Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency by Dan Abrams and David Fisher (2018) , and recommended that I read it. Turns out that I had not only read it but also written…
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