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Trial practice
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Lancaster Law Blog
My Cousin Vinny – Lessons on Attorney Competence and the Correct Pronunciation of “Youths”
As a lawyer, I have a love/hate relationship with television shows and movies that portray the legal profession. On one hand, I enjoy watching a romanticized and dramatized version of…
Brick Gentry Trial Law Team
Brick Gentry Law Firm Adds Trial Team Blog
By Rush Nigut
The Brick Gentry Law Firm of West Des Moines, Iowa recently added its trial team blog to feature information on several practice areas including, but not limited to, the following:…
Pretrial, Trial, Appellate & Evidence Blog
TURNING POINTS AT TRIAL: A BOOK REVIEW
Turning Points at Trial delivers exceptional trial strategies and techniques in an effective and highly readable fashion. Shane Read recruited superb trial lawyers to help with his project and set…
Cross-Examination Blog
THE CROSS-EXAMINER’S DEMEANOR
We have previously discussed how to behave on cross and that discussion of the cross-examiner’s deportment is worth revisiting. The do’s and don’ts of how to behave during cross-examination are…
Pretrial, Trial, Appellate & Evidence Blog
NEW JURY SELECTION HANDBOOK
Carolina Academic Press has just published Jury Selection Handbook: The Nuts and Bolts of Effective JurySelection (374 pages) by Ronald Clark and Thomas O’Toole. Jury selection can be a terrifying experience…
A Winning Tip
Technology in the Courtroom: Does it Engage or Overwhelm Jurors?
Massive access to information has had an impact on preparing for trial. The challenge is, with all the latest technological and forensic material available to you, how can you choose…
Lone Star Bench & Bar
Judges Hate “Gotcha Games”
In October, I wrote about How the Practice of Law is Like the NHL. This article was about how rule changes in the practice of law, and changing skill sets in the…
The Contingency
A Trial Lawyer for the Supreme Court?
[caption id="attachment_7215" align="aligncenter" width="300"] How many trial lawyers sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?[/caption] In the last quarter-century and more, no current member of the Supreme Court tried a lawsuit…
Legal Skills Prof Blog
Great iPad Apps for Trial
In the August 2016 issue of the Michigan Bar Journal, trial lawyer Jennifer Auer Jordan offers advice on a number of Apps to use before and during the trial. Most…
Drug & Device Law
Seen on the Screen
This is one of those stories you simply cannot make up. We were using technology to get some ideas about technology. That is, we were surfing around the internet to…