Have you ever thought about why you need a trial attorney first? Do not have a judge, clerk or court cafeteria administrator will simply let the jury read the facts of the facts. Cases can be presented in a few days, a week. It will be another day or two of the clarification of the jury. Let's think about the amount the lawyer can save by just bottled water and mint!
Well, although ancient Athens admits such a trial, our court system relies on a completely different concept, namely advocacy. We rely on experts linking the capabilities of lawsuits with recognized skills. Our justice system depends on legal theaters. And in this world, like Broadway, performance problem.
Political consultant Roger Isles understood the meeting of the message with the self when I wrote the 1988 book You are a message . As a lawyer, you need to create a convincing personality that combines expert insight with court performance skills.
challenging? You bet. Take it from a professional actor so far: In order to achieve the dynamism and persuasive power borrowed by your client, not to mention your own satisfaction and personal success,
Competency
Let's advertise your abilities to everything you handed down in court. This does not mean to be proud and proud. This means indicating a quiet trust equal to the mandatory display of authority. Believe yourself and your abilities and show that you enjoy what you are doing. to see I am preparing for your client, preparing gently and enthusiastically. Hurry and avoid harassing (time constraints, arbitrage you do not disturb or by the judges themselves). And keep it out of the signature of your face.
Your presentation begins from the moment the jury meets you and continues not only when you are talking, but also at all times. When the jury is enjoying energy, trust, and professionalism, please get the wavelength. Keep your eyes firm and persistent. It moves clearly. Instead of shuffling noisy paper at your counselor's table, treat with respect with respect (I am not joking!). Hugging and moving yourself, not wandering like a Wordsworth cloud, the way you command the surrounding space brings a big difference to how you are perceived. Please tell the jury everything that shows you are authority and humility. Then the client represents a high level of respect. And, by all means, I understand the difference between authority and arrogance and know how to display other things.
Rapport
Please do not just stay with the jury, but please show me the jury. It should be helpful to empanel groups of people who can identify and understand client behavior with your clients. When you mention the jury in some way from now on, do it in a common land world you share. People who have our experiences, motivations and emotions as human beings bind us all together far apart from us. Look for ways to remind this to the jury in terms of your own client if you witness the testimony, trial proceedings, burdening these people with a late trial, and witnesses testify. Talk and treat with sympathy and respect. If you do not understand what you hear like a spoken word, please help the college.
Please be truthful and unbelievable. And do not forget funny things! Please rinse your brain like the eyes of a legal person and speak concrete, compact and vivid words. If you do not know what I mean by this, read Churchill's footsteps. Always thinking story, You will have a sympathetic audience with the caption you are looking for. And never forget: Your yellow legal pad is your enemy. If you look at your notes when talking to a jury or a witness on behalf of a participant, you should lose.
delivery
Believe like Peter and Wendy Peter Pan - I believe. A famous acting textbook is called Act believes, Every lawyer or lawyer should remember that title in terms of his job. Actors know that they themselves must be convinced to persuade others. I believe your law school degree, prestige of your profession, your company's reputation, and rejection as a trial attorney are all your professionals in the truth of your advocacy.
If you embody your discussion thoroughly, you succeed in making the listener think and feel as you think. and it is Are doing What you want in the jury
Please be honest with delivery of your voice as well. Enlightenment seldom moves a person. Honesty is always so. The art of tying your emotions to your voice - the foundation skills of a successful advocate - means to speak easily about the human emotions underlying your message. All important things of life are spoken merely from the bottom of mind, using small words. A late mysterious novelist, Ed McVellan, one of his characters said that "In the truth a ring like an ax hits the oak." You believe it better. Then your listener believes it.
Take these discreet suggestions and add to your training, experience, dedication, and passion. How do you create a strong presence in the courtroom?
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