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The Essential Purpose of Legal Writing: Importance, Types & Strategies

Legal Writing Launch

We will address: The Importance of Legal Writing in the Legal Profession Understanding the Types of Legal Writing Key Objectives and Functions of Writing Essential Legal Writing Skills and Techniques Strategies for Effective and Persuasive Legal Writing Legal writing stands as the cornerstone of the legal profession.

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If Your Attorney Makes This Argument During Closing Remarks at Your Trial, He Just Guaranteed the Other Side Will Immediately Appeal

Gerry Oginski's New York Legal Blog

It's time for the attorneys to make closing arguments. " This argument will get an immediate objection from Nogoodnick's trial attorney. "OBJECTION "OBJECTION JUDGE! Whether he chooses to settle or not is not an appropriate argument to make during closing arguments at your trial.

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Persuasive Shortcuts: Document Summaries In Federal and California Courts

Evidence at Trial

Closing argument, the theory goes, is when it will all come together. They understand that every stage of trial should have the same objective: to argue your case to the jury. Would we need to establish that this table was a business record to avoid a hearsay objection? This exhibit would be clear, concise and nonboring.

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Slow Motion Video: New Jersey Speaks

Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy

The video at issue was replayed at full speed and then in slow motion during the prosecution closing argument; and then during deliberations and at the jurors’ request the video was again played repeatedly in slow motion. What was the concern? The robbery apparently occurred off-camera.

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Judicial Notice: Four Must-Know Rules

Evidence at Trial

In closing argument, you can run through the facts of the case and—referring to the fact judicially noticed—remind the jury that this fact is beyond dispute, because the judge said so. The Eighth Circuit concluded that the district court erred in taking judicial notice in multiple ways. at 797, citing Fed.