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Month: May 2018

WHAT PUPPETS CAN TEACH TRIAL LAWYERS ABOUT PERSUASION

WHAT PUPPETS CAN TEACH TRIAL LAWYERS ABOUT PERSUASION

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My friend, California trial lawyer Mark Swendsen, referred me to a TED talk by Russell Dean “Puppets and Perception” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Molj8L6n. Dean’s talk involved using a puppet to illustrate the subject of his talk. He showed a diagram of the location of the Amygdala part of the brain at the bottom of the brain and the Limbic system. From an evolutionary standpoint it is the very primitive part of the brain, responsible for emotional responses such as fear, anger and lust. It operates…

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THE TOOL OF PSYCHODRAMA FOR PLAINTIFF ATTORNEYS

THE TOOL OF PSYCHODRAMA FOR PLAINTIFF ATTORNEYS

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More than twenty years ago I first taught at the Trial College College created by Gerry Spence and conducted in Wyoming. It was there that I met Dr. John Nolte from Connecticut. He was trained as a psychologist and became involved in the Mareno Institute where he was educated in psychodrama. John was the certified psychodrama conductor at the ranch and was extremely gifted in its use. The lawyer students were immediately introduced to psychodrama and personally experienced it as…

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JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE LYRICS DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN SING

JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE LYRICS DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN SING

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Starting in 1945 in Nuremberg, Germany twenty two major Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes. Judges  from the Allied Powers – Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States presided. Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Hans Krebs and Joseph Goebbels had all committed suicide in the spring of 1945 to avoid capture. When the trial ended in 1946 twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death. Hermann Goring was considered the most important of those on trial….

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