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.
David Clark of Omaha is a student of persuasion. He was nice enough to share his thoughts about the subject of schemias.(See my last blog entry) David is writing a book called “The Trial Rhetoric of Gerry Spence” which is to be published by Simon & Schuster. If you are like me, you’ll have a reminder to buy it when it’s available. He has allowed me to publish his E-mail to me which I think you’ll find very interesting and helpful. …