YOUR BRAIN ON DIRECT EXAMINATION

Winning trial advocacy’s open-ended word game
by Brian K. Johnson and Marsha Hunter

Release date: December 2012

Format: trade paperback, e-book

Price: $19.95 US

ISBN-13: 978-0-9796895-9-8

ISBN: 0-9796895-9-7

Bibliography, Appendices, Index

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About the book:

Direct examination is difficult, because it is unnatural. There is no natural model for direct examination in everyday conversation. When do you ever ask a friend an extended series of questions to which you already know the answer? When do you ever converse with a colleague so other people – like jurors – can overhear, understand, and be persuaded by what you both are saying? How do you sound curious, when you clearly are not? But if you are not curious, why should your jury be? How do you direct someone else to tell a compelling story? This book radically rethinks direct examination. It includes a series of mental exercises, brain teasers, and open-ended word games so you can practice your persuasive and winning direct.