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Differentiate your lawyerly-self
© Kent Modesitt, 2023Those lawyers who can effectively distinguish themselves through their reputation, track record, and innovative practices are...
Color: Powering Persuasion (when it’s done right!)
The persuasive lawyer’s toolkit overflows with techniques to deliver a demonstrative’s message with clarity and precision and power: shape, size,...
Persuasion in the Mythical World of Multitasking
The Multitasking Myth A human brain, presented with multiple, non-autonomous cognitive tasks, must process those tasks serially, not in parallel,...
Timelines Reimagined
Timelines ReimaginedTIMELINES: THE PROBLEM We’ve all seen them and most likely created them. Timelines begun with the most elegant of intentions...
The Lawyers’ Guide to Unpersuasive Communication
THE LAWYERS' GUIDE TO UNPERSUASIVE COMMUNICATIONChapter 1 The demonstrative--inimical to one's aspirations of unpersuasiveness--must be avoided....
Command Your Case
Command Your CaseVisuals dramatically increase your persuasiveness Using visuals at trial, in hearings, or with motions increases your...
And the Interrogatory’s biggest sin is _____!
And the Interrogatory's biggest sin is _____!The interrogatory’s greatest sin lies in its duplicity. It parades itself as a legal tool, promoting...
Sometimes it pays to judge a book by its cover.
Sometimes it pays to judge a book by its cover.I find myself returning again and again to Garr Reynolds’ potent book on presentation, persuasion,...