If you have followed this blog, you know that I am a believer in check lists. The medical profession has discovered that when doctors follow established and valid check lists they make a lot fewer errors. Pilots religiously follow precise check lists before they take off and lawyers should create as well as use check lists too. Here’ a recent check list I created and which is a work in progress. My procedure is to create a check list and…
Well, I’m back from Wyoming and the Spence Trial College. There were fifty four students in attendance. This is a good class in that almost all of them have been to regional seminars and had a good idea what to expect, especially regarding psycho-drama. The previous graduates who were instructors were people I knew and have worked with. Dana Cole was there along with Nelson Tyrone, Joey Lowe, Brooks Cutter and others who were experienced teachers. On Monday Dana did…
I’m teaching this week at the Spence Trial College in Wyoming so I only have time for a brief thought. A trial lawyer friend had a bad result and we had an email discussion about why his focus study was inconnsistent with the verdict. Here are my comments to him. Focus studies are like computers – garbage in and you get garbage out. A true mock jury presentation is probably the most dangerous for getting wrong information because of the rule…