Recommended books for trial lawyers
Here’s a short list of books most trial lawyers would find both interesting and useful in their practice:
- James Mclhaney McElhaney’s Litigation American Bar Association
- Theater Tips and Strategies for Jury Trials by David Ball ublished by NITA (National Institute for Trial Advocacy)
- A Plaintiff’s Attorney’s Guide to Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases by David Ball Published by NITA
- David Ball on Damages Published by NITA
- Courtroom Communication Strategies by Lawrence Smith & Loretta Malandro Published by Kluwer Law Book Publishers 1985
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini
- The Tipping Point Malcolm by Gladwell
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Words that Work by Dr. Frank Luntz
- Don’t Think of an Elephant by Dr. George Lakoff See: http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/
- Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff & Mark Johnson
- Neuro-Linquistic Programing by Grinder & Bandler
- Secrets of Power Persuasion for Sales People by Roger Dawson
- The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart & 1501 Other Stories by Charles R. Swindoll
- A Dictionary of American Proverbs by Wolfgang Mieder, Steward Kingsbury & Kelsie Harder
- The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes edited by Clifton Fadiman
- The Quotable Lawyer by David Shrager & Elizabeth Frost
- News from the Mental Edge, newsletter by Metasystems http://www.eric-oliver.com/contact.html
- Trial books by Gerry Spence