In early September of this year I did a demonstration of a final argument at a plaintiff trial lawyer’s convention in another state. I was able to listen to some of the other speakers and I made some notes about what they said that made sense to me. Here are some random ideas I wrote down you might find helpful. A speaker about jury selection made the point that you should not ask the same question about an issue of each juror because the other…
While flying home from Europe on British airlines I read an article in their travel magazine about clear writing. I thought that some of the concepts apply equally to communication generally. Since we trial lawyers are supposed to be experts in communication I am sharing a few of the ideas which I’m sure most of you already know about, but refreshing our knowledge can be helpful. 1. First organize your ideas into a logical outline. Thinking about what you want to…
My wife and I leave Monday for Italy and from there on a cruise down the Adriatic with a visit in Croatia to the island of Brac where my mother’s family are from. Dad was born in Italy and mother was from Croatia so this is a visit to family history locations. I’ll probably not post anything for the two weeks we are gone. Thanks for reading.