Tag Archives: Storytelling

Storytelling Trial Lawyer’s Honey Pot.

24 Friday Mar 2017

Posted by in Jury Persuasion, Storytelling, Trial Lawyers, Trial Tips and Techniques

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The Key Elements of a Good Narrative – at Trial or Anywhere Else, by Tony Klapper, The Litigation Consulting Report, A2L Consulting

http://www.a2lc.com/blog/the-key-elements-of-a-good-narrative-at-trial-or-anywhere-else

Every good trial lawyer is a storyteller. Good storytelling is the same as a good book or movie with a great plot and dialogue. It’s that kind of storytelling that wins trials.

Mr. Klapper has written a wonderful post. At its end, you’ll find a honey pot of links with posts that are a variation on this theme. Sweet. -CCE

Honey Pot on Appellate Brief Writing.

19 Saturday Nov 2016

Posted by in Appellate Writing, Legal Analysis, Legal Argument, Legal Writing, Readability

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The Ten Commandments of Brief Writing, by Keith Lee, Associate’s Mind Blog

http://associatesmind.com/2016/11/17/ten-commandments-brief-writing/

Do not miss this one! Keith Lee gives some excellent advice, and provides a honey pot link to Justice Maria Rivera’s “The Ten Commandments of Brief Writing.” Appellate judges pull no punches when it comes to what works and what doesn’t in appellate briefs. -CCE

Want The Jury to Pay Attention? Use Good Storytelling Skills.

17 Thursday Mar 2016

Posted by in Employment Law, Jury Persuasion, Litigation, Race Discrimination, Trial Tips and Techniques

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25 Million Reasons To Tell A Good Story, by John Hyman, Ohio Employer’s Law Blog

http://www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2012/06/25-million-reasons-to-tell-good-story.html

Trying an employment case to a jury is an art. You are limited by a jury’s attention span (which, by the way, is getting worse as a result of 1,000 channel cable systems and 140 character tweets) to convey your message as quickly and as simply as possible. Complex legal arguments are out; creative storytelling built around a unified theme is in. . . .

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Litigation and The Art of Storytelling.

07 Friday Aug 2015

Posted by in Closing Argument, Cross-Examination, Direct Examination, Jury Persuasion, Opening Argument, Oral Argument, Storytelling, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Tell It: The Top 10 Posts on Story, by Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm, Persuasive Litigator Blog

http://www.persuasivelitigator.com/2015/07/tell-it-the-top-10-posts-on-story.html

The ‘story model’ (Hastie, Penrod & Pennington, 1983) for litigation persuasion is appropriately considered gospel at this point. At the same time, there is an art to it. In most courtrooms, I see litigators who are aware of the need to tell a story, but not necessarily versed in the techniques of storytelling. As I’ve explored from time to time in this blog, beyond laying out the events in temporal sequence, there are some nuances relating to structure, imagery, audience, and point of view. In short, there is a substantial ‘advanced course’ in narrative that effective trial lawyers should study. To make that a little easier, here are our top 10 posts so far on storytelling in trial. . . .

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What Do Soap Opera Writers and Master Litigators Have in Common? The Ability to Tell a Great Story.

20 Wednesday Nov 2013

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Are You Smarter Than A Soap Opera Writer?, by Laurie Kuslansky, The Litigation Consulting Report (with hat tip to Ken Lopez!)

http://tinyurl.com/qz8jqgj

As Ms. Kuslansky points out, “There’s always a story, but if you don’t tell yours, jurors will use their own.“ The same is true in documents submitted to the Court. Who else will tell your client’s perspective of events and interpretation of the law? You are the one who tells your client’s story, whether to the Court in a brief or motion or to the jury at trial. CCE

Believe it or not, soap opera writers are better at storytelling than some litigators. Why? Not because of their subject matter or their wisdom, but because they know how to activate more of the brain than some lawyers. They put events into a story context, and they know how to use language to activate the brain better. If they can do it, so can you.