For the lawyers, research and written communications are only half the battle. In this innovative book you'll learn how to... develop and use stage presence use an actor's voice and gestures? develop different characters for different audiences deliver effective speeches adopt the role of talk-show host for depositions improvise in unprepared situations incorporate the skills of great storytellers be the acting coach for your closing arguments use monologue skills in your closing arguments and even take the perfect professional photo! With acting Skills for Lawyers you will discover the way to be completely present in the moment, in a focused, authentic, and powerful way. If you want to be yourself and use your own personality to succeed, while radiating passion and commitment with every word, make sure you add this book to your legal library. These twelve secrets, based on ideas from some of the world's great thinkers and advocates, will show you how to make the most persuasive argument possible and maximize your success before a judge or jury, in mediation or arbitration, and anywhere else. Some come from the work of contemporary scholars in communications and social psychology, some derive from the world's most renowned lawyers, and others are distilled from the authors' own collective experience of more than 100 years as trial lawyers and teachers of trial advocacy. These secrets, both classical and new, can be your key to successful argument. Book jacket.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

The actor and founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science traces his personal quest to understand how to relate and communicate better, from practicing empathy and using improv games to storytelling and developing better intuitive skills.

Legal practice requires not only understanding of the law but also the skills to put knowledge into practice. Using real-life examples and practical hints and tips, this text will lay the foundations of a successful career in law. Skills for Lawyers includes a range of self-test exercises and case studies. Key areas and ethical points are highlighted to sharpen the practical edge of the book.

Using helpful real-life examples and practical hints and tips, this text is designed to help prospective practitioners develop the fundamental skills essential to their future careers, namely: Writing and Drafting, Legal Research, Interviewing and Advising, Negotiation and Advocacy.

Using helpful real-life examples and practical hints and tips, this text is designed to help prospective practitioners develop the fundamental skills essential to their future careers, namely: Writing and Drafting, Legal Research, Interviewing and Advising, Negotiation and Advocacy.

This second edition of Lawyers: Roles, Skills and Responsibilities combines three texts from the Thomson Reuters catalogue. In addition, students will fi nd discussion questions and exercises to help them revise and for use in tutorial activities. Copies of the current NSW Solicitors' and Barristers' Rules are included in the back of the text as an additional resource.