Advocacy and public speaking : a student's introduction / Derek Halbert and Hayley Whitaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halbert, Derek, author.

Whitaker, Hayley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trial practice.

Procedure (Law).

Public speaking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chester, [England] : University of Chester Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book is intended to give practical advice to anyone embarking upon a career involving advocacy or public speaking. The authors' extensive experience informs topics such as speaking in public, preparing a case for court, examination in chief, ethics and professional conduct and alternative dispute resolution.

Contents:

Front cover; Title pages; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the authors; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1 - TWELVE RULES FOR SPEAKING IN PUBLIC; Rule 1: Prepare Thoroughly; Rule 2: Speak Slowly and Clearly; Rule 3: Talk to Your Audience, Not at Them; Rule 4: Eliminate Nonsense Words; Rule 6: Try to Think in Complete Sentences; Rule 7: Use Appropriate Language; Rule 9: Look at the Reaction of Your Audience; Rule 10: Keep it Short; Rule 11: Disguise Any Nerves; Rule 12: Learn and Use the Skills of Rhetoric; CHAPTER 2 - PREPARING A SPEECH

CHAPTER 3 - PREPARING A CASE FOR COURTCHAPTER 4 - HOW TO RESEARCH, ASSEMBLE AND PRESENT A LEGAL ARGUMENT; CHAPTER 5 - HOW TO DRAFT A SKELETON ARGUMENT; CHAPTER 6 - EXAMINING, CROSS-EXAMINING AND RE-EXAMINING WITNESSES; CHAPTER 7 - SPEECHES IN CRIMINAL CASES; CHAPTER 8 - ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT; CHAPTER 9 - ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; CHAPTER 10 - ENHANCING YOUR EMPLOYABILITY; POSTSCRIPT; APPENDIX; SOME GREAT SPEECHES; Queen Elizabeth I: Speech to her army before the arrival of the Spanish Armada, 1588; Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address,; 19 November 18638F; Susan B Anthony

Womens' Votes Campaign Speech 187317FWinston Churchill: 'We Shall Fight' Speech to the; House of Commons, 4 June 1940; Winston Churchill; 'This Was their Finest Hour'; Speech to the House of Commons, 18 June 1940; John F Kennedy: Inaugural Address; 20 January 1961; John F Kennedy; 'Ich Bin Ein Berliner'; Speech to a mass audience in Berlin, 26 June 1963; Robert F Kennedy; Speech at Indianapolis announcing the death of Martin Luther King, 4 April 1968106F; COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TWELVE RULES FOR SPEAKING IN PUBLIC ; PREPARING A SPEECH ; PREPARING A CASE FOR COURT ; CHAPTER 4

HOW TO RESEARCH, ASSEMBLE AND PRESENT A LEGAL ARGUMENT ; CHAPTER 5 ; HOW TO DRAFT A SKELETON ARGUMENT ; CHAPTER 6 ; EXAMINING, CROSS-EXAMINING AND ; RE-EXAMINING WITNESSES ; CHAPTER 7 ; SPEECHES IN CRIMINAL CASES ; ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT ; CHAPTER 9 ; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

The result is that if you become a professional advocate you may well be called upon to advise a client to participate in ADR. You may be required to conduct your client's case at an ADR hearing. Finally, in a family case your client may well be forced into an ADR process, albeit one in which you are unlikely to be directly involved.CHAPTER 10 ENHANCING YOUR EMPLOYABILITY ; POSTSCRIPT ; APPENDIX ; SOME GREAT SPEECHES ; Untitled; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 5, 2016).

ISBN:

9781908258465

1908258462