Pretrial, Trial & Appellate Advocacy Blog
"Intended for professors, adjunct professors, trial advocacy trainers, practicing lawyers and law students with an interest in all things about pretrial, trial and appellate advocacy."
Author: Ronald H. Clark is a distinguished practitioner in residence at Seattle University School of Law. He is a co-author of Pretrial Advocacy—Planning, Analysis and Strategy; Trial Advocacy—Planning, Analysis and Strategy; and Trial Advocacy—Assignments and Case Files.
Blawg Related Categories: Appellate Practice • Trials & Litigation • Seattle University • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Pretrial, Trial & Appellate Advocacy Blog
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PRETRIAL AND TRIAL ADVOCACY WEB SITE
Visit www.aspenadvocacybooks.com for Valuable Resources Pretrial Advocacy and Trial Advocacy is a Website that gives valuable resources to trial advocates, law professors, and law students.For PRETRIAL ADVOCACY the Web site provides the following useful material:Justice…
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LAST SUMMER READING FOR TRIAL LAWYERS – IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE BY JOEL J. SEIDEMANN
Great Opening Statements and Closing ArgumentsThis last recommended summer read – In the Interest of Justice – Great Opening and Closing Arguments of the Last 100 Years, HarperCollins Publishers, 2004 – is a gift to…
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TRIAL ADVOCACY WEB SITE
A Web Site Chock-Full with Valuable ResourcesPretrial Advocacy and Trial Advocacy is a Website designed to offer valuable resources for trial advocates, law professors, and law students learning about trial advocacy.This Advocacy Web site contains:Trial…
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MORE SUMMER READING – CONVICTIONS BY JOHN KROGER
Trial Lawyer SkyrocketLike a good courtroom adventure book with a fascinating protagonist trial lawyer? Then you’ll probably like Convictions, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY (2008), which just came out in paperback.As a career prosecutor (27…
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CREATIVE LEGAL OPINIONS
The Camel Cigarette Ad CaseCreative writing is a confection – a treat to read and a treat to experience. Two judges got creative in their opinions in the Camel cartoon case. In 1998, the R.J.…
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SUMMER READING – PRETRIAL AND TRIAL IN ITALY
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario SpeziBetween 1968 and 1985 in the province of Florence, Italy, a serial killer, dubbed the Monster of Florence murdered eight couples and as part of the…
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PLAYING TO YOUR TRIAL AUDIENCE: THE JURY
Juror Infuriated by Prolonged Cross-ExaminationWhat happened earlier this month in a Brooklyn courtroom is a reminder that trial lawyers must be ever mindful of the effects of what they do on their audience – the…
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CIVILITY IN PRETRIAL, TRIAL AND APPELLATE ADVOCACY
Principles of Civility, Integrity and ProfessionalismLast week I was at the University of Montana Law School teaching at their Advanced Trial Advocacy course and met Don Robinson. Don is a member of the American Board…
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TRIAL ADVOCACY: ASSIGNMENTS AND CASE FILES BOOK
Aspen Publications Releases New BookAspen Publications has released the new Trial Advocacy: Assignments and Case Files by Berger, Mitchell and Clark. The publisher would like to send you an examination copy of this Assignments book…
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PRETRIAL DISCOVERY TRAIN WRECK
The Steven‘s Ethics Trial and the Prosecutors’ EthicsNo topic gets more attention in my Seattle University Law School Pretrial Advocacy class on criminal case discovery than the prosecutor’s responsibility to turn over exculpatory information. Violating…