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PREPARE IN ADVANCE FOR NEW CLIENT CONFERENCES WITH A CHECKLIST

PREPARE IN ADVANCE FOR NEW CLIENT CONFERENCES WITH A CHECKLIST

A common mistake lawyers make in our communications with people is to assume that people understand what we have said or already know something that was left unsaid. Too often in our jury trials we use abbreviations or acronyms assuming everybody understands their meaning when they don’t. The more experience we have and the more we know about a subject, the greater our tendency to forget to clearly, completely and simply explain it to others. When we are meeting with…

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Check list of advice for your client about trial

Check list of advice for your client about trial

Put yourself in the shoes of your client. He or she has probably never been to court and the only thing they know about trial is what they have seen on TV. They are probably frightened and they probably have some very mistaken ideas about a trial. Of course, you want to prepare them, but what do you tell them? Here’s a simple outline I created for a video I made about a trial. The client is given a copy…

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