Do you have doubts about the result of a trial? As advocates of your clients, your job is to represent their interests by knowing the ins and outs of their cases. You spend hours prepping and evaluating every piece of evidence and thoughts from the opposing side until the jury reveals their decision on the […]
Trial lawyers implement a variety of tools to help them construct an effective trial. And while the trial depends on evidence, witness testimony, and other hard facts, the narrative shaping of a trial is a major component of appealing to juries. Trial lawyers prepare for juries in several ways. One effective way to deep dive […]
Trials are complicated. As all trial attorneys know, they involve many overlapping factors and variables, and as adrenaline and emotions are high, it makes it difficult to look at the big picture of what happened immediately after the verdict. As the dust settles on a trial, attorneys begin to wonder how they could have approached […]
The trial is at the center of our great justice system. In a society where due process is a staple of our criminal justice, the trial—in many cases—is the battlefield where attorneys use evidence, witness testimony, timelines, expert testimony, and other tactics to defend their clients and present their case to the jury. A lot […]
Hearing the term “shadow jury” may make you think of an action flick or an airport novel. Although this term may elicit images of some dark, shady corporation or group of people that pull the strings behind the scenes, as our main character has to traverse through the city’s underbelly in order to solve a […]
Wouldn’t life be much easier if you could go through test runs more often? This way, you could know exactly what to expect and how to prepare accordingly when the actual event takes place. This could come in handy before a big job interview or prior to proposing to your significant order. You may think […]