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The Barrister’s Toolbox

Category: closing arguments

Trial Post-Mortem

If you try cases long enough, you are going to eventually lose a few. You need to look at losses as an opportunity to improve. Quite honestly you should learn more from your loses, than your victories. If your are allowed, you should speak with the jurors and see what they thought was important. →

closing arguments, depositions, Evidence, Jury Selection, Trial Advocacy

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Jun 15, 2012
Distraction, Misdirection and the Art of Verbal Jujitsu.

Distraction, misdirection and appeals to prejudice are common tools of the defense. Ideally, you keep these improper arguments or evidence from the jury through the use of motions in limine. However, sometimes this is impossible to do. What do you do to keep the jury from being mislead or distracted by meaningless side issues? How →

closing arguments, Trial Advocacy

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ad hominem, analogies, Closing argument, Parables; analogies; fables; storytelling; closing arguments

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Apr 1, 2012