Research Catalog

Title

Theater tips and strategies for jury trials / David Ball ; foreword by Donald H. Beskind.

Author

Ball, David, 1942-

Publication

Notre Dame, Ind. : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2003.

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Additional Authors

National Institute for Trial Advocacy (U.S.)

Description

xix, 359 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

In this new, third edition of Theater Tips and Strategies for Jury Trials, David Ball updates his methods and approaches to jury persuasion. This practical step-by-step guide helps you navigate the changes that occur in jury trials instead of being blindsided by them. Based on both research and the experience of lawyers and trial consultants across the country, Theater Tips and Strategies for Jury Trials, Third Edition, presents techniques of the stage and screen you can use to win in the courtroom. Ball tells how to use theater concepts to persuade and motivate jurors. He tells attorneys how to look, talk, and act naturally, and to communicate the truth clearly and memorably, so they gain trust and credibility from judges and jurors. Ball provides practical guidance for voir dire, openings and closings, testimony, and focus groups. He describes what practitioners can learn from actors about their manner, voice projection, and behavior. He explains how to grab the jury from the beginningjust as a good movie opening captures the audience. He details how to prepare your {28}cast.

Subject

Trial practice > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-349 and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part one : methods -- The leading character : you -- Your cast rehearsals : the ten commandments of witness preparation -- Your audience : jury voir dire -- Your audience : jurors during trial -- Your props : demonstrative and real evidence -- Your audience coups : visceral communication -- Your plot : telling your story -- Your camera angle : point of view -- Testimony -- Closing -- CLE courses and law school -- And in conclusion, ladies and gentlemen -- Part two : applications -- Working with co-counsel -- Humanizing non-human cases -- Theme -- Focus groups, mock trials -- The awkwardness of voir dire -- Conducting voir dire -- Peremptory & cause challenges : making choices -- Truth -- Reading the jurors -- Paralegals in court -- The care and feeding of experts -- Courtroom technology : tip & caveats.

ISBN

1556817797 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003061447

OCLC

52821127

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library