Interview With Author Ronald Clark
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’m a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Seattle University Law School where I have taught Pretrial Advocacy, Trial Advocacy, Essential Lawyering Skills, Visual Litigation and Today’s Technology, and Essential Litigation Visuals and Technology.
I’ve 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, I was in the King County Prosecutor’s office in Seattle, Washington, where I served as a Senior Deputy and as the Chief Deputy of the Criminal Division for 10 years. Next, I was the Senior Training Counsel at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina.
I have 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.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Trial Advocacy Goes to the Movies is one of my latest books. It is an outgrowth of presentations that I gave across the country at Continuing Legal Education courses. Using movie clips (that can be watched with a click in this e-book) I taught strategies and skills for pretrial and trial.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Not so unusual but I try to teach law using stories.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Robert Travers, David Boies, John Grisham, Timothy Egan, David Guterson.
What are you working on now?
A book about management and leadership.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Reaching out by email and blogging.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Nothing new. Write about what you know and love.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
I always come back to Steve Jobs – “Real artists ship” and “Good artists borrow. Great artists steal” attributed to Jobs and others.
What are you reading now?
Timothy Egan “A Fever in the Heartland”
What’s next for you as a writer?
Finish the book on management and leadership.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Anatomy of a Murder, Old Man and the Sea, Complete Works of Shakespeare
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