50 Years of Service to the Public, the Trial Bar, and the Profession
By Howard L. Nations Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Next Page TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ARISTOTLE’S PRINCIPLES OF PERSUASION II. MODERN FORENSIC PRINCIPLES Jurors Decide Cases on Perceptions Jury Bias: Preloaded Perceptions Multiple Roles of Bias in Decision- Making From Bias to Beliefs Bias Fill the Gaps Model Formation During Primacy Coping …
Table of Contents Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Next Page III. TWELVE METHODS TO COPE WITH JURY BIAS How then can you successfully cope with jurors long held beliefs and biases which may influence their in your case? The following are twelve suggested methods to assist the attorney in coping with jury …
Table of Contents Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Previous Page Next Page I. Fill the Gaps in the Evidence – The major role which bias plays in the formation of each individual juror’s model of the case is to fill the gaps left in the evidence. It follows that one of the …
Table of Contents Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Previous Page 4. Verbal Tools of Structure – In structuring a persuasive presentation of any type, the skilled advocate will do well to study carefully the master orators and persuaders from the past: Pericles, Cicero, Demosthenes and from the present: John F. Kennedy, Martin …
Current Speech Calendar | Skip to Speech Calendars for Previous Years 1998 December 18, 1998 Houston Bar Association Lunch Seminar Topic: “Power Surfing the Internet” Houston, Texas – Downtown Jury Assembly Room December 10, 1998 State Bar of Texas Year 2000 Problem: Computing the Legal Risks for Attorneys and Their Clients Topic: “Painting the Big …
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Current Speech Calendar | Skip to Speech Calendars for Previous Years 1999 December 9, 1999 University of Texas Consumer Law Conference Topic: "Y2K Update" San Antonio, TX December 2, 1999 American Law Institute and American Bar Association Conference Topic: "Y2K" Wyndham – Washington, D.C. November 20, 1999 Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association – Winning Cases in …
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