Litigation
Cal. Litig. 2016, Volume 29, Number 1
Content
- Past Editors-in-Chief
- Privacy Expectations in an Era of Drones
- Exhibits: Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
- From the Section Chair a Non-Traditional Viewpoint
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Foreword Golden Opportunity:a Fifth California Justice
- Demystifying Caci
- Masthead
- Ten Ways to Increase Your Persuasion Skills
- Litigation Section Executive Committee Past Chairs
- Is That Your Final Judgment?
- Temporary Judges in California Superior Courts
- Write Your Papers Like You Try Your Cases
- Keeping Women in Civil Litigation Practice: Making it More Civilized
- An Overview of Asbestos Litigation in California
- McDermott On Demand: the Return of Dr.Arbuthnot
Ten Ways to Increase Your Persuasion Skills
By James J. Brosnahan
Your advocacy skills can always be improved, no matter your experience or success. These suggestions are drawn from three sources: the experience of the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), which for over forty years has identified what practicing lawyers lack and has found ways to improve skills; from years of seeing my own and others’ mistakes in various courtrooms; and from teaching law students.
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