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Showing posts with label Drills - examples/use of. Show all posts
Friday, March 28, 2014

Judge McGahey on Dramatic Trial Lawyers

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Judge Robert McGahey of Denver, Colorado, is a frequent guest blogger. He is also a NITA faculty member and an adjunct professor at Denver U...

Why Are Lawyers So Dramatic: The Sequel

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Since posting about dramatic lawyers yesterday, I've received some thought-provoking emails from friends. I thought I'd follow up o...
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Country Music and Storytelling: A Fun Advocacy Exercise

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Last May, I took two long road trips within a few weeks of each other. I enjoy road trips and always have, whether I travel alone or with fa...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Altchiler's Advocacy Abattoir: Making the First Day a Memorable Event

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Bob Altchiler is the founder and principal of Altchiler, LLC, and an adjunct faculty member in the trial advocacy program at Pace Law Schoo...
Monday, January 16, 2012

An Early Exercise in Trial Ad: Advocacy Personality Presentations

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Another blog post from Wes Porter of Golden Gate University.   What is the "most productive" early exercise in trial advocacy? Thr...
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Monday, October 17, 2011

Listening: Impossible to Teach?

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This post is from Judge Christina Habas of Denver, Colorado.                 Thinking back to a time when I failed to understand the importa...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Teaching Advocates to Listen

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I'm always intrigued by the transformation that occurs when advocacy students conduct their first witness examinations. Until the momen...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Value of Open-Ended Questions: A Drill

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The following blog entry and drill is courtesy of Jack Nevin. Jack is a trial judge in Pierce County, Washington; an adjunct professor of t...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Anxiety : you can mask it with feet, fingers and fun

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For those students, or advocates, who know they speak too quickly, a simple use of fingers and toes may be the answer. 'Masking Fear wit...
Monday, June 14, 2010

New Advocacy Class - Icebreaker Exercise

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This exercise is a variation on the opening statement drills Charlie Rose has described in an earlier posting on this blog. I use it at the...
Friday, June 4, 2010

Opening Statement Drills

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Drill #1. Goals : Counsel will perform an opening statement focusing on a particular aspect or aspects of the doctrine of opening statements...
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Introductory Drills

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I have provided some introductory drills to get the ball rolling in this subject area. Please feel free to add your own and we will share th...