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Courtroom Psychology and Trial Advocacy
Incisive Media, Jan 2003, Pages: 625
How will the jury or the arbitration panel make its decision in your next case? Courtroom Psychology and Trial Advocacy helps trial attorneys and corporate counsel understand the powerful forces that shape the perceptions of judges, jurors and arbitrators. This exceptional book contains a comprehensive explanation of how to use scientific knowledge to assess the psychological strengths and weaknesses of a case reliably and will assist you in developing your most compelling and persuasive presentation in the courtroom.
Courtroom Psychology and Trial Advocacy explains the psychology of courtroom communications. It describes some of the most common juror perceptions about the issues that arise in many different contexts. It teaches you how to design and utilize different types of focus groups and other scientific research methods to conduct jury research in your own cases. The book contains hundreds of practical suggestions for use in jury selection, opening statement, fact witness and expert witness testimony, demonstrative aids, closing argument, bench trials and arbitration and mediation advocacy. The book also provides helpful guidance on working with trial consultants.
About the Author:
Richard C. Waites, J.D., Ph.D
Dr. Richard Waites is one of the nation's leading authorities in the field of jury decision making and trial advocacy. He has been quoted in nationwide and local media including The National Law Journal, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and ABC News. Waites has authored or contributed to eleven books and more than forty articles dealing with persuading judges, jurors, and arbitrators and with the use of scientific information to enhance performance in the courtroom.
Dr. Waites is a board-certified civil trial attorney licensed in Texas. He is Chief Executive Officer and Senior Trial Psychologist for The Advocates and Advocacy Sciences, Inc., one of the nation's most respected trial consulting firms. He obtained his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and his doctorate in psychology from Walden University. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychology-Law Society, the American Society of Trial Consultants, Defense Research Institute, and the American Corporate Counsel Association.
Over the past twenty-five years Dr. Waites has worked with hundreds of trial lawyers and corporate clients. Prior to becoming a national trial consultant, he appeared in more than seventy trials as lead attorney.
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