About Addressing the Jury: Opening Statement and Closing Argument
Addressing the Jury: Opening Statement and Closing Argument offers an in-depth explanation of how to craft a winning opening statement and summation and how to persuasively deliver them to a jury. Author Ronald H. Clark was a career prosecutor in King County, Washington, Senior Training Counsel at the National Advocacy Center, and he is currently a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Seattle University Law School where he has taught trial advocacy, pretrial advocacy, essential lawyering skills and visual litigation and technology.
Inside this accessible and comprehensive handbook, you’ll learn:
• How to structure a persuasive opening statement and closing argument
• Compelling storytelling techniques for a “golden opportunity” opening statement
• Attention-grabbing beginnings for an opening statement and closing argument
• How to deal with case weaknesses in an opening statement
• Strong concluding remarks for an opening statement and closing argument
• Closing argument pitfalls to avoid
• How to be a great persuader utilizing Aristotelian arguments and speech devices
• How to bring your opening statement and closing argument alive with visual aids
• 8 techniques for being a great persuader—having a winning delivery
• Trial attorney role models for you to consider emulating
• Triumphing over nervousness
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Author Bio:
Professor Ronald H. Clark is a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Seattle University Law School where he has taught Pretrial Advocacy, Trial Advocacy, Essential Lawyering Skills, Visual Litigation and Today’s Technology, and Essential Litigation Visuals and Technology.
Professor Clark is a nationally known lecturer and author. He has lectured at over 40 national continuing legal education courses and for numerous bar associations and prosecutor associations across the country. He also has conducted international training for the Department of Justice and Department of State. For 27 years, Professor Clark was in the King County Prosecutor's office in Seattle, Washington, where he served as a Senior Deputy and as the Chief Deputy of the Criminal Division. Next, Professor Clark was the Senior Training Counsel at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina.
Professor Clark has authored over a dozen books, including, among others Pretrial Advocacy and Trial Advocacy; Jury Selection Handbook; Visual Litigation; Roadways to Justice; Eradicating American “Prosecutor Misconduct”; Powerful Presentations; and Addressing the Jury.