Becoming a Trial Lawyer: A Guide for the Lifelong Advocate

Description

In the first edition of Becoming a Trial Lawyer, legendary advocate Rick Friedman taught us that the process of becoming a trial lawyer doesn’t end. Now, Friedman returns in this second edition with new lessons on losing, comparing yourself to others, luck, and more that prove a true advocate’s education is never finished.

Trial law is not for the weak of heart. Advocates at any stage of their careers know that attaining both a happy, healthy home and a successful practice is not easy. Friedman won’t profess to have the secret formula for a good life, but his extensive experience both inside the courtroom and out has helped him understand what it takes to balance the personal and professional, and here, he shares these ideas in what might be his most important text to date.

This book is about you. It’s about asking the hard questions and doing what it takes to gain experience, make connections, establish the right reputation, preempt mistakes, succeed at trial, and maintain happiness on a career path that is fraught with stress, conflict, and frustration. Becoming a Trial Lawyer: A Guide for the Lifelong Advocate provides a perfect combination of practical advice and uplifting insights to inspire you to better yourself and progress in your career with confidence.

*This book is available to students and lawyers practicing 5 years or less for $45.00 when registered for the Trial Guides New Lawyers program. You can find more information on how to register here.

Author

Rick Friedman

Trial Lawyer

Details

Paperback: 225 pages; 2nd edition (2015); ISBN: 978-1941007426

Publisher: Trial Guides, LLC

Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Preface to the Second Edition
3. Introduction
4. Part I: Entering the Jungle
5. Why Be a Trial Lawyer?
6. Individual Billing Unit or Trial Lawyer?
7. Educating Yourself
8. Do You Have What It Takes?
9. Your First Trial
10. Beyond Technique
11. You and Your Opponents
12. Part II: Traps in the Jungle
13. Beware of Formulas
14. Do Not Expect Perfection
15. Forget Playing It Safe
16. More Is Not Better
17. Strategic Detachment
18. Your Lawyer Status Carries No Weight with the Jury
19. Forget about Looking Good
20. Don’t Try to Fool the Jury
21. Don’t Assume the Jury Will Respond _x000B_ to Your Favorite Arguments
22. The Limits of Logic and Sympathy
23. Don’t Gorge on Experts and Starve for Lay Witnesses
24. Spend More Time with Witnesses and Clients
25. Jurors Don’t Need to Like You or Your Client
26. Embrace Your Conservative Values
27. Silence Can Be Your Friend
28. You Must Ask for Money
29. Superstition
30. Part III: At Home in the Jungle
31. Therapy
32. The Cancer of Comparison
33. Losing
34. Luck
35. Settlement
36. Physical Health
37. Family and Friends
38. Competitors and Comrades
39. Partners and Staff
40. The Key to Unhappiness
41. Afterword
42. Recommended Reading List
43. Acknowledgements
44. About the Author

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