http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/ Published by Paul Mark Sandler en-us 2010-07-28T10:20:29-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2010/07/wanted_law_firm_mentors.html Kudos to Steven Harper on an excellent post on his Belly of the Beast blog in which he calls attention to the growing mentoring gap in many large law firms today. Harper cites Peggy Noonan’s recent Wall Street Journal column... Professional Growth Paul Mark Sandler 2010-07-28T10:20:29-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2010/07/anonymous_juries.html Credit the news media in the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for shining a spotlight on a growing trend: that of judges keeping the identities of jurors out of public hands for fear that a voracious press and... Jury Paul Mark Sandler 2010-07-20T13:29:40-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2010/05/why_maryland_needs_mandatory_c.html Below follows an article co-authored by Hon. Lynne A. Battaglia of the Maryland Court of Appeals and yours truly. It appears in the current Maryland Litigator. Butcher: “The first thing we do let’s kill all the lawyers” (King Henry VI,... Professional Growth Paul Mark Sandler 2010-05-27T12:22:53-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2010/03/classical_rhetoric_and_the_mod_1.html The new issue of Litigation Magazine includes an article on classical rhetoric and its value to trial lawyers by JoAnne A. Epps (a professor and dean of the Temple University Beasley School of Law), Ronald J. Waicukauski (of Price Waicukauski... Persuasion Paul Mark Sandler 2010-03-11T08:50:22-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2010/02/pension_committee_case_offers_e-discovery_blueprint.html In what is being called a “bombshell decision”, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the U.S. Southern District of New York has issued a harshly worded order reminding litigants and attorneys of their duty to preserve electronic documents as soon as... Spoliation Paul Mark Sandler 2010-02-26T08:23:21-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2010/01/2010_litigation_institute_for.html Save the date! The ABA Litigation Section has scheduled the next annual Litigation Institute for Trial Training (LITT) for July 9-10 at the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. You can register on the ABA website starting in February. I... Training Opportunities Paul Mark Sandler 2010-01-04T01:05:06-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2009/11/12_secrets_interview_with_your.html This article in the November issue of Your ABA provides an overview of The 12 Secrets of Persuasion, a book I co-authored with JoAnne Epps and Ronald Waicukauski.... Persuasion Paul Mark Sandler 2009-11-25T14:15:12-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2009/11/updated_statistics_for_federal_1.html The US Courts updated their Judicial Facts and Figures to include 2008 numbers. Judicial Facts and Figures is a set of tables containing historical caseload data primarily for the fiscal years from 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2004 through 2008. The... Paul Mark Sandler 2009-11-03T12:03:11-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2009/10/basic_tips_for_a_persuasive_ar.html In The 12 Secrets of Persuasive Argument, JoAnne A. Epps, Ronald J. Waicukauski and I identify twelve fundamental issues in formulating an argument; some of which one tend to think about less than others. While most of us are aware... Persuasion Paul Mark Sandler 2009-10-22T11:58:29-05:00 http://www.attorneyadvocacy.com/2009/10/litigation_magazine_reviews_an_1.html I was pleased to see that Litigation Magazine reviewed Anatomy of a Trial and called it an "excellent book for trial lawyers, young and old alike." Many thanks to Mark A. Neubauer. Download file... Paul Mark Sandler 2009-10-17T17:07:21-05:00