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The Psychology of Compliance & Due Diligence Law blog brought us an interesting and informative post recently. It dealt with how lawyers could learn a lot about trial advocacy by studying the moves of great poker players (and vice versa). Both the poker player and the trial attorney have to figure out if their opponent knows what he or she knows. In the end, the analogy leads to the conclusion that its easier to win a court case than a poker championship. Having consumed thousands of raw hours of both Judge Judy and Celebrity Poker Showdown, I can testify that poker players also have a leg up in the sunglasses department. Those guys are always wearing sunglasses indoors. Concurring Opinions recently posted an entry on its blog about the University of Illinois College of Law and how they are devoting prime real estate on their website to promote the schools law bloggers. Kevin OKeefe, perhaps the Susan B. Anthony of law bloggers, took notice and mentioned it on LexBlog. This all ties into recent developments such as Anonymous Lawyers lucrative book deal that lead me to believe bloggers will be the next cult celebrities. That might make me the next Pat OBrien or Mary Hart.
Over at the Legal Sanity blog, Arnie Herz is talking about the law school learning gap, the chasm between what is taught in law school and the practical skills necessary to survive as an attorney. Herz complains that law schools
Blogs Bench Conference offered up the Enron verdict as proof that defense attorneys should stop putting defendants on the witness stand. Analyzing comments made by the jurors after the verdict, I feel that Lay and Skilling sealed their own fates on the witness stand. Jurors said they came across as arrogant. It seems like a bit of a catch-22, however, as other jurors said they would have believed Lay and Skilling were guilty if they refused to take the stand.
Over on the Enron Legal Commentary blog, Samuel Buell presented his final analysis of the trial. He praised attorneys on both sides, but he found everything from opening statements through summations to be completely by the book. Aside from a few
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