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Trial Guides

The leading publisher of legal books for plaintiff trial lawyers, Trial Guides offers an ongoing series of lectures on winning courtroom strategies for trial lawyers.

Episodes

Creating Magic in Trial (excerpt)

In Creating Magic in Trial, Randi McGinn gives you research ideas on how to create the illusion of pulling a rabbit out of your hat during trial.

Sep 03, 2013

Connecting with the Jury (excerpt)

In Connecting with the Jury, Nicholas Rowley shows you how Nick approaches cases and how you can use his methods to achieve outstanding results for your own clients.

Apr 23, 2013

Mastering the Art of Persuading a Trial Judge (excerpt)

David Markowitz reveals, there are three general skill sets you must develop to become a more successful advocate: carefully selecting what you will say, organizing your presentation, and delivering it effectively.

Sep 27, 2012

The Art of Storytelling (excerpt)

Jim Perdue shows you how to craft a story with a strong beginning, memorable scenes, believable characters, a logical plot, vivid action, and a moving conclusion.

Jan 10, 2012

Preparing for a Defense Medical Exam (excerpt)

This video teaches your injured clients about the tricks played by defense doctors in their efforts to call into question your clients honesty, prevent them from obtaining the treatment they need, and destroy their insurance claim.

Jan 03, 2012

The Summation (excerpt)

In this never before available video, Moe Levine give a fictional summation to the audience.

Nov 14, 2011

Masterworks (excerpt)

Moe Levine use a set of facts about an aspiring young actress injured in a car crash to ask for damages in this excerpt from the classic AAJ Education video series.

Nov 07, 2011

Commanding the Courtroom (excerpt)

In this AAJ Education video series excerpt from Commanding the Courtroom, featuring AAJ trial masters Greg Cusimano and Jim Lees, share a couple secrets of running focus groups.

Oct 31, 2011

Delivering the Goods (excerpt)

In this excerpt, Eric Oliver discusses and demonstrates with audience members cutting edge principles for how all legal decision makers reach judgments and what you can do to influence their decision making process.

May 31, 2011

Stop Your Whining and Go To Trial (excerpt)

This lecture by Rick Friedman and Don Bauermeister focuses on why we should or should not take cases, the comparison disease, competition among trial lawyers, and identifying and improving your own strengths and weaknesses.

Mar 15, 2011

Defeating the MIST Defense (excerpt)

Dr. Michael Freeman explains how occupants can be injured in crashes with little or no vehicle damage. He discusses how to strike defense witnesses who rely upon junk science as the basis for their testimony.

Jan 18, 2011

Deposition Techniques (excerpt)

In Deposition Techniques, David Markowitz shares with you important goals to accomplish, avoiding undesired results, question structure, how to deal with evasive and incomplete answers, defend depositions, and effectively use depositions at trial.

Dec 07, 2010

Direct Examination (excerpt)

William Barton, author of Recovering for Psychological Injuries, explains a few of his methods for direct examination.

Nov 23, 2010

Concepts in Jury Psychology (excerpt)

In this clip, William Barton, author of the best selling book Recovering for Psychological Injuries, third edtion, describes his ideas on jury selection and psychology.

Nov 18, 2010

Summation of a Wrongful Death Case (excerpt)

Robert Hall, noted wrongful death attorney and author of Grief and Loss: Identifying and Proving Damages in Wrongful Death Cases, comes a rare and special learning tool: a recording of a wrongful death summation delivered by Hall himself.

Jul 06, 2010

Trial Tips from Eric Oliver

When we heard of another recent $90 million tobacco verdict that Eric Oliver (author of Persuasive Communication: Twenty-five Years of Teaching Lawyers and Facts Can't Speak for Themselves) consulted on, we decided to talk to him and find out how he keeps helping attorneys win. We invite you to listen in on our conversation and take a few pointers home from this free exchange of ideas.

Apr 27, 2010

Moral Core Advocacy (excerpt)

In this clip, Rick Friedman, author of best selling books Rules of the Road and Polarizing the Case, explains how if we look at every part of the case-the good, the bad, and the ugly-we will come out on top.

Jan 20, 2010

Traumatic Injuries (excerpt)

Dr. Aaron DeShaw Esq. takes a detailed look into how cutting edge MRI imaging and how what seems like a simple neck injury can lead to symptoms as severe as blindness and death.

Jan 05, 2010