Core Skills
An Introduction: 9 Core Skills For Winning Advocacy
Time: 4:08 Overview of this series: Practice exercises hone the individual skills important to successful advocacy: Choice of words, voice, body language, listening, and delivery...
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Avoid lawyer-talk when speaking to jurors
Time 12:20 Practice making sure you are communicating clearly: Your choice of language is key. To connect with jurors you need to persuade, get beyond the lawyer-speak and talk like a regular person...
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Speak effectively: pace, volume and tone
Time: 18:03 Practice with your voice at the distance you will be from the judge or jury: A lawyer’s voice can make or break the effectiveness of the communication with the jury. Pace, volume, and tone are the key elements...
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Use motion: gestures, positioning and expressions
Time: 10:02 Practice how you want to move in the courtroom: There’s a place in the courtroom where you want to be to talk to the jury. Get set before you speak. No walking and talking. Be conscious of your body language...
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Listening: A key to jury selection
Time: 23:45 Practice paying close attention: Focus on whomever is speaking. Listen in a way that takes in every bit of information available from the person who is speaking...
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Plaintiff’s task: explain the burden of proof
Time: 19:49 Jurors usually assume burden is much higher: Overcome the jurors' natural inclination to think the burden of proof in a civil case is beyond a reasonable doubt or to misunderstand preponderance..
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Start strong and end strong
Time: 21:10 Practice your first and last sentences so you can deliver them effortlessly: Assess your strongest points and deploy them persuasively at the beginning and ending of your presentation or examination...
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Minimize Harm: Plan for handling bad facts
Time: 26:19 Practice how to minimize your opponent's best facts: You can't duck bad stuff. Every case has it, and you need to give it a context that minimizes the adverse effect...
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Help a witness use exhibits successfully
Time: 22:55 Practice how to handle exhibits: Get maximum effect from blowups of your exhibits by teaching witnesses how to use them to explain key facts...
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