Storytelling 102: Show, Don’t Tell
Let’s get the bragging part of this post out of the way early: The high school mock trial team that I coach at the Winsor School won the state championship this year and placed 18th in the national tournament. I first posted about this team winning a state championship in, well, my first post, back […]
Deposition Basics: The Gimmick Grab-bag
A few years ago, Southwest Airlines decided to let its flight attendants liven up the pre-flight safety lecture by injecting it with sassy comedy. Suddenly, camera-phone videos of these wacky performances were popping up all over the internet (like here, here, and here), and a few Southwest flight attendants enjoyed their 15 minutes. It was […]
Deposition Basics: Telling the Truth
In a previous post (about Responding to a Subpoena), I promised that a future blog entry would cover some basic advice on how to behave at a deposition. Well, the future is now (Where is my hoverboard??), or at least part of it is. It turns out that subject could fill a book, so I’ve […]