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Fantastic Storytelling

This guy is good.  Notice his intonation.  His gestures.  His use of pauses. Would you want to listen to this man speak?  Would you want to listen to the average lawyer speak?  You'd think, then, that the study of narrative would be a high priority for every litigator.  Next time you're in a law office, see how many law books and treatises you can find.  Then count the number of books discussing narrative.  And lawyers wonder why people think they are boring?  They blame juries, of course.  Dumb juries who have short attention spans.  Attention spans much too short to pay attention to the words of genius from the lawyer.  Is that really what's going on, though?  If someone is bored, maybe it is because you are boring.Incidentally, even those unconnected to the persuasion business (though all of life is persuasion) have much to learn...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 09, 2008 (boomark / email).