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The classical beam to advocacy for hearing lawyers, Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers has been hailed by lawyers, mediators as well as professors opposite the country. It is the unsentimental beam to advocacy with tips as well as manners which will have any one — attorneys, lobbyists, negotiators, comment executives, law students, brand new attorneys, as well as any one who contingency convince others — the improved disciple in reduction than 10 mins the day…. More >>
Common Sense Rules Of Advocacy For Lawyers
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“Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers” by Keith Evans has been recommended by many experienced advocates.
“This is a remarkable compendium of useful advice presented in a straightforward, entertaining manner. If new advocates could have only one ‘how to’ book this would be it.”
- – - Roxanne Barton Conlin, Roxanne Conlin & Associates, Des Moines, IA
(first woman President of Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
“The rules presented are sound and the book is easy to read. It is conducive to being read in short increments, as might well be the case for a busy trial lawyer or for one using it to brush up. I recommend that trial lawyers have this book on their shelves for use as a refresher, in preparation for a trial, or as the basis for daily reflection on trial advocacy.”
- – - Jason Hanson, Wisconsin Lawyer, September 2004
Other experienced lawyers, law professors, arbitrators and mediators who have actually READ, and favorably recommended, “Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers” (see the other reviews or search the web using the title) are:
– - – Philip H. Corboy, Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago, IL
– - – Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC
– - – Jay Grenig, Arbitrator
– - – Karl Tegland, author of “Courtroom Handbook on Washington Evidence”
– - – Steve Clymer, J.D., mediator, arbitrator, and facilitator with ACCORD Dispute Resolution Services, Inc.
– - – Frederick C. Moss, Professor, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University
– - – Sherman L. Cohn, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (first national President of American Inns of Court)
BOTTOM LINE:
“Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers” by Keith Evans has been read and favorably recommended by practicing, experienced, and successful trial lawyers, law professors, a past president of ATLA, a past president of the American Inns of Court, arbitrators and mediators.
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From this the praise looks like it is from different people and the samples of the book look thoughtful and fairly interesting. I think maybe somebody who knows the author is being over zealous if these other positive reviews on Amazon are written by the same guy. Go to this link and judge for yourself. I think I might buy the book. It looks pretty good on what I take to be the publishers site?
If you want to see reviews of the book, by experienced trial lawyers (not 1Ls, not 2Ls, not 3Ls, and not 0Ls) and experienced teachers of trial advocacy, see our web site at TheCapitol dot Net or RulesOfAdvocacy dot com.
Don’t buy this book! Unless you want to become a better advocate. (Like the attendees at a CLE program sponsored by the LA County Bar Association, which bought 50 copies in September, 2005, for a trial advocacy CLE course.)
Lindsay Thompson, writing in the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Litigation Law Section Newsletter, Fall 2004: “I can’t think of one more effective single thing WSBA could do to advance its skills training goals than to give a copy of CSRA to every newly admitted member. … CSRA is my desert-island book. And when another lawyer washes ashore, as in a New Yorker cartoon, I’ll be ready. Buy this book.”
Don’t buy this book if you are already one of the top trial lawyers in the country (although Mr. Philip Corboy purchased more than 45 copies for associates and colleagues).
Don’t buy this book if you’re at the pinnacle of your advocacy career (although Mr. Jacob Stein said “The book is a valuable review for the old timers and an excellent primer for those who are starting the climb.”).
Don’t buy this book if you are not willing to put in the work necessary to become a better advocate. (Jason Hanson, writing in the Wisconsin Lawyer, September 2004: “I recommend that trial lawyers have this book on their shelves for use as a refresher, in preparation for a trial, or as the basis for daily reflection on trial advocacy.”)
Don’t buy this book! Unless you want to become a better advocate.
Common Sense Rules of Advocacy is filled with wisdom and good advice for new lawyers (it could be titled “Good Advice for New Lawyers and Law Students”).
Although Common Sense Rules is nominally about trial advocacy, it is really about how to be an effective advocate in any setting.
It also has a letter in an appendix from Roland Boyd to his son, “How to Succeed as a Lawyer,” that made me proud to be a lawyer.
As other reviewers have said, this is a book you will want to re-read periodically.
Highly recommended.
Unhappy as a lawyer? If you’re not sure you want to practice law after reading “Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers,” then you shouldn’t.
Evans book is a brilliant synthesis of the lessons learned by a trial lawyer over a couple of decades of practice in England and the U.S. (Common Sense Rules is like having a good lawyer-mentor, which is why you’ll want to reread it every couple of years.)
After reading it, if you’re not fired up to practice law, then you should consider changing professions.
This is also a great book for new lawyers who want to be outstanding advocates. (And if you’re thinking of starting your own practice, get this book and Foonberg’s classic on setting up a law practice. If you’re not excited about being a lawyer after reading both of them then you went to law school for the wrong reasons.)