Index

abstractions, opening statement

acting, feelings and

advertising

Ali, Muhammad

anger

cross-examination

danger of, Aristotle

banality, opening statement

beginnings, psychodrama

Blake, William

Boone, Daniel

brainstorming, story discovery

canoe metaphor

caring, power and

Carson, Kit

Carton, Josh

charisma, final argument

chicken house metaphor

childhood

Cicero

civil cases

defendants

final argument

clients. see also defendants

fear of

innocence of, final argument

clothing, final argument

coaching, of witnesses

compassion, corporations

compassionate cross-examination, described

conformity, uniqueness contrasted

conservation, power relationships

context, power relationships

controlled cross-examination, described

corporations, power relationships. see also lay situations

courage, fear and. see also fear; feelings

credibility

cross-examination

feelings and

opening statement

criminal cases

final argument

opening statement

cross-examination. see also witnesses

anger

basics of

compassionate cross

controlled cross

defined

expert witness

feelings

fragile witnesses

jailhouse snitch

judges

juries

lay situations

listening

loquacious witnesses

myths about

open-ended questions

passing witnesses for

power of

prevention of

story discovery

truth and

witness assessment

witness impeachment

witness preparation for

Darrow, Clarence

deceit, opening statement

decision making

feelings and

juries, opening statement

defeat, fear and

defendants. see also clients

civil cases

criminal cases

innocence of, final argument

opening statement

as witnesses

direct examination. See cross-examination; witnesses

DNA evidence

editing, of inner voice, listening

education

feelings and

limits of

trial lawyers

Ellis, Elizabeth

emotion. see feelings

endings, psychodrama

environment, power relationships

expert witnesses

cross-examination

deception by

eye contact, final argument

fear

dealing with

defeat and

mutuality of

power relationships

voir dire steps

of witness

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

feelings

acceptance of

acting and

anger

charisma, final argument

cross-examination

decision making and

fear

final argument

justice and

language and

opening statement

oratory

suppression of

trust and

truth and

voir dire steps

final argument

approach of

charisma

civil cases

closing remarks

criminal cases

defined

guide metaphor

hero and villain identification

innocence of client

juries

jury nullification

justice

lay situations

opponent’s argument

personal reflections on

police and prosecutor motivations

power persons

preparation for

punishments

reasonable doubt

responsibility transfer

righteous indignation

shotgun charges

victimization

vision of improvement

focus group approach, story discovery

Ford, Harrison

fragile witnesses, cross-examination

free association brainstorming, story discovery

Fromm, Erich

Gilford, J. P.

Giuliani, Rudolph

guide metaphor, final argument

hero identification, final argument

honesty

fear

listening

opening statement

humanization, of power person

hurt, anger and

impeachment of witness, cross-examination

injury, anger and

injustice. see justice

innocence, of client, final argument

inquiry expansion, psychodrama

insurance rates

intelligence, feelings and

jailhouse snitch, cross-examination

Jefferson, Thomas

Jordan, Michael

judges

cross-examination

feelings and

jury nullification

opening statement

power relationships

self-representation

voir dire steps

witnesses

juries. see also voir dire

angry cross-examination

connecting with

cross-examination

fear of

final argument

opening statement

power relationships

self-representation

witnesses

jury nullification, final argument

jury selection. see also voir dire

justice. see also final argument

abuse of power

anger and

feelings and

final argument

oratory

personal reflections on

trial system

King, Larry

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

language, feelings and

The Larry King Show (TV show)

Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)

lawyers. see trial lawyers

lay situations

cross-examination

final argument

opening statement

psychodrama

voir dire steps

witnesses

Lincoln, Abraham

Linford, Velma

listening

editing of inner voice

learning skills of

to others

power of

practice in

third voice

tuning out

loquacious witnesses, cross-examination

management, power relationships

Mandela, Nelson

Marcos, Imelda

Mattilanin, Bill

money, power relationships

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Nolte, john

nonlawyer situations. see lay situations

notes, trial lawyers

objections

opening statement

witnesses

open-ended questions, cross-examination

opening statement

abstractions

banality

criminal cases

deceit/honesty in

final argument

lay situations

objections

preparation of

sales metaphor

story telling

oratory

original sin

other, listening to

patriotism, power relationships

police motivation, final argument

political correctness

politics, power relationships

power persons

caring and

feelings

final argument

humanization of

role of

self and

uniqueness

voir dire steps

power relationships

abuses of

cross-examination

fear

listening and

understanding of

preparation

for final argument

for opening statement

of trial lawyers

of witnesses

presumption of innocence, final argument

pretending, psychodrama

prosecutor motivation, final argument

pro se plaintiffs, trials

psychodrama. See also story discovery

beginnings and endings

course in

inquiry expansion

lay situations

pretending

role reversal

scene setting

selection of drama

soliloquy

public speaking, listening

punishments, final argument

racism

feelings

voir dire steps

reasonable doubt, final argument

rebuttal, final argument

religion

righteous indignation, final argument

role reversal, psychodrama

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Ruby Ridge murder case. See also Weaver, Randy

sales metaphor, opening statement

scene setting

psychodrama

story discovery

scripts, listening

self

centrality of

listening to

suppression of

vision and

self-representation, trials

sexuality, final argument

sharing, story discovery

Sheldon, Franklin B.

shotgun charges, final argument

Simpson, O. J.

situation, power relationships

small claims court

snitches, cross-examination

soliloquy, psychodrama

spontaneity, listening

story discovery. See also psychodrama

brainstorming

cross-examination

focus group approach

importance of

methods of

scene setting

sharing

summary

theme

story telling

cross-examination

opening statement

suicide

summary, story discovery

testimony. See cross-examination; witnesses

theme, story discovery

thinking, feeling contrasted

third voice, listening to

trial lawyers

notes

preparation of

role of

self-representation

training of

voir dire steps

Trial Lawyer’s College

trust, feelings and

truth

cross-examination

feelings and

tuning out, listening

uniformity, uniqueness contrasted

uniqueness

victimization, final argument

Vietnam war

villain identification, final argument

vision

final argument

uniqueness

voir dire

defined

final argument

inclusion criteria

in the moment

steps in

warfare

power relationships

public speaking

Washington, George

Weaver, Randy

Welsh, Jack

witnesses, See also cross-examination

assessment of, cross-examination

client as

critical interplay

cross-examination preparation

deception by

defendants as

expert witness, cross-examination

fear of

fragile, cross-examination

impeachment of, cross-examination

juries

lay situations

loquacious, cross-examination

objections

preparation of

trial formatting