Limited to 8 attendees but observers are permitted
Most lawyers are boring and bore jurors into not caring.
Or worse, they try too hard to entertain them and make the
jurors hate them.
We need to find a happy medium – keeping the jurors
entertained and caring about your case, without pushing them
away by acting over the top.
I trained as a stage actor throughout college and moved to LA
upon graduation to purse acting before going back to law
school. I have found that learning how to emote and act brings
clarity, passion, emotion to your presentations.
We will work on some acting techniques and exercises to bring
about your natural ability to do these things. You will not be
"acting" in the courtroom, you will be living your true self
and expressing your full range of authentic emotions and
maximizing your presentation skills with an eye towards your
listener/watcher.
I will take two of my case examples from two recent eight
figure verdicts involving CRPS diagnoses and perform portions
of closings that illustrate theatrical tools that can create
drama and emotion in the courtroom. We will breakdown the
different dramatic techniques applied and how to use them.
These techniques include speaking directly to your client,
using pauses, incorporating defense counsel into the story
theatrically, and story telling with emotion and intention.
I will also go over theatrical tools to use in witness
examination (both cross and direct), providing drama,
interest, and pace to examinations, focusing on how to use
theatrical tools to make points stick in the jurors’ minds.
These tactics include cross examining directly to the jury,
using video clips, moving around the courtroom, using facial
expressions, using dialogue, using demonstratives and
exhibits.
You must bring a case you are working on be prepared to
practice 10 minutes of your closing related to damages and a
portion of either a direct or cross examination.
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