by Sabrina Rehfeld | Oct 15, 2022 | Blogs
Introduction “Feel the rush, break the rules, the thrill kills.” The first line of my opening statement at my first mock trial competition. Well… I certainly felt the rush to say the least! As I stood up to deliver my opening statement, my legs were shaking and...
by Jared Hatcliffe | Oct 15, 2022 | Blogs
As the great Evidence professor Jerome Prince once instructed: “truth, while never simple, is one of society’s most essential virtues.” For a trial attorney, cross-examination is universally recognized as the preeminent truth-seeking device. During a...
by Samantha Brugger | Oct 15, 2022 | Blogs
Over the summer, I had the opportunity to travel to England and participate in the Study Abroad Program at the University of Oxford through Stetson Law. This program was a two-week intensive course focused specifically on trial advocacy. At the start of the course, we...
by Beth Jennings | Sep 15, 2022 | Blogs
Situation. Numerous victims come forward with similar allegations. Your client committed criminal acts against them. Damage control time. You may be given a chance to make a public statement denying guilt, maybe not. Either way, advocacy starts when your client makes...
by Jared Hatcliffe | Sep 15, 2022 | Blogs
Every case has its pros, and unfortunately, its cons. But one idea the best trial lawyers understand, and share, is that almost any negative can be turned to a positive. Take alcohol for instance. Alcohol often plays a damaging role in the outcome of a trial....
by Jules Epstein | Sep 15, 2022 | Blogs
Clarity for a trial lawyer can come, often, far from the courtroom or a law office. For example, on a beach in Florida, just after sunrise, running with a colleague. And it was in such a place, running along the Gulf of Mexico, that some clarity came to what I...
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