I’ve just finished the book How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer and it has information that should be of interest to trial lawyers. Here are some passages from the book. I’ve preached the importance of avoiding the spiral of nervousness leading to self study and then focusing only on ourself doing what we are doing instead ofthe communication you want to deliver. The result is a poor performance. Experience allows us to conduct ourselves without thinking about what we are…
A.J. Levy sent me an email about his blog:www.outoftheboxlawyering.com. He says: One posting is about focus groups — I saw one of your postings on those. This is about an-out-of-the-box way that a p.i. lawyer selects the members of his focus groups/mock juries. http://www.outoftheboxlawyering.com/juries/selecting-mock-juries-and-focus-groups-a-very-out-of-the-box-approach/ I also have postings on how to find info on potential jurors, witnesses, defendants, etc. http://www.outoftheboxlawyering.com/finding-information-on-the-internet/how-to-find-information-about-potential-jurors-and-others-including-info-about-their-political-contributions/ http://www.outoftheboxlawyering.com/miscellaneous/more-sites-for-finding-info-on-jurors-lawyers-and-others/http://www.outoftheboxlawyering.com/miscellaneous/more-sites-for-finding-info-on-jurors-lawyers-and-others/ Another posting is about a creative use of Google’s Street Views. Although it relates to saving money at conventions,…
During my commute from our home in Gig Harbor to our law office in Seattle I’m listening to a book on tape about the observations of Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC generally referred to as The Art of War. I have read this material several times, but I gather new thoughts each time I review it. Here are some ideas from the book that I think apply to trial lawyers. A couple of the precepts include the following…