The theme of this exceptionally useful book is simple but essential – as the number of trials plummets, the importance of the deposition as a tool to secure a favorable non-trial disposition increases exponentially. The TUTORIAL is the ultimate guide on how to rethink the deposition and still have it in hand if the case
It takes a techie (and not a village) to ensure that courtroom technology works – works in terms of functionality, and works in terms of effective presentation. So it is no surprise that NITA turned to a managing director of a forensic presentation consulting firm to author a comprehensive text on trial presentation technology, software,
Author/self-publisher Maurice Baggiano offers THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE, DECONSTRUCTED, as a user-friendly guide/deskbook for the practicing lawyer who needs a clear and simple elocution and elaboration of the Federal Rules. The problem is that DECONSTRUCTED is too simplified and is organized in a way many lawyers might find difficult to maneuver. Let’s start with
GUEST REVIEWER: PROFESSOR SARA JACOBSON Reading the foreword to the book will ruin it too, but if you avoid that chapter, and the last paragraph of this review, with its spoilers, you’ll find WOMEN FOR THE DEFENSE an engaging, worthwhile read. The premise of the book is that noted defense attorney Andrea Lyon has
Lawyers tend to look to other lawyers for insight on how to best persuade in the courtroom. We read the speeches of legendary advocates; we go to watch closing arguments in high-profile cases; and we bunch up at CLEs as we are regaled with war stories and the ‘wisdom’ of masters. This insular approach to
Law school fails to teach much about the needs of non-lawyers, and in particular the needs of a witness. No one places the law student or emerging lawyer in the shoes of a witness, be it in a courtroom or at a deposition, and says “experience this from the witness’ point of view.” So when
JURY SPEECH RULES is a handy, and easily read and digested, guide to the ‘rules’ for courtroom speeches – the opening statement and the closing argument. It is a mostly correct distillation of decades of wisdom on story-telling, primacy and recency, and persuasion. And it has an added value, a discussion of ethical concerns that
“Defense Lawyer Confidential” promotes itself as, and promises an introduction to, the real world of criminal defense representation with “bridge into practice” insights. The author suggests it as law school appropriate and as a “must read for any student who is interested in criminal defense work.” The sad but true review is that it satisfies
Why title a book “The Modern Deposition?” The Rules of Civil Procedure have changed only modestly over the past 20 years; the technology to record depositions is more varied and adroit, but not enough to warrant a new book; and the deposition remains the tool of civil practice, without an expansion into the criminal domain.
One of the classic tomes for bettering appellate practice – the lawyering of briefing and argument – is Judge Ruggero Aldisert’s WINNING ON APPEAL. The 2017 update, by Law Professor Tessa Dysart and Federal Appellate Judge Leslie Southwick, is a largely worthwhile text for both the seasoned appellate practitioner and the lawyer who only occasionally