The Articulate Advocate: New Techniques of Persuasion for Trial Lawyers (The Articulate Life)

For anyone, lawyer or not, who experiences "butterflies in the stomach" during public speaking events, the chapter in the book about adrenaline is valuable. Adrenaline can actually help.Trial lawyers usually feel comfortable in the courtroom. Litigators with little public speaking training usually are unconscious of many distracting aspects of their delivery, including repeated uses of filler words (ah, um, okay), rambling, pacing or rocking back and forth, etc. This book shows how to become that attorney that judges, juries and clients actually want to hear from.

People tell me I have great presence when I speak. This book gave me the basic fundamentals to create "presence." The chapter on not moving your lower body is worth the price of admission.I have also attended a presentation by the Author Brian. Everyone was mesmerized by his speaking ability. His suggestions work, and he uses them.This book is not just for trial attorneys. I am a trial attorney, but anyone can use the pointer from this book to become a better more powerful public speaker.

I am attorney who has sought to improve his speaking skills for years, but has unsuccessfully followed too much vague and conflicting advice. This book is invaluable in providing actionable and effective techniques to practice. It is a must-have resource for any attorney or public speaker that does not quite get their point across when speaking on their feet. I will certainly recommend it to every law student and young attorney who is an excellent legal writer, but terrible speaker.

While seasoned advocates may not learn too many new techniques from this book, they will learn great ways to teach younger lawyers how to effectively argue in the courtroom. Its checklists provide an excellent guide for critiquing another's work, and its neatly broken down chapters provide easy-to-communicate lessons for any student. Keep this book on hand when helping out another attorney with his or her opening statement and closing argument!

If you need to develop your skills on how to talk in public, you can greatly benefit from this book. I myself am not an attorney, but as I need to talk in public and make presentations, this book was recommended to me. I purchased it and found everything I needed in it. The author explains very clearly all the techniques, and I had no difficulties in learning and applying them.

A great book for both the novice and seasoned lawyers who need a refresher. Great tips on presentation skills and how to be at ease and do well in the courtroom.

This book won't tell you what to say (but there are other books, etc. for that) but it will offer you some concrete tips on how to say it better than you're saying it now. I think it improved my court room presence, and I highly recommend.

Few trial books give you guidance on how to present yourself in the court room, however the authors of this book do a great job at teaching just that. While the authors focus on lawyers I agree with the other reviews that this book is not just for lawyers.