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VIDEO 1:
How to speak like a veteran lawyer

 The courtroom is a stage

 TLH TRIANGLE – Trustworthy, Likeable, High status
 Body language: very cool and deliberate; not afraid nor intimidated
 EYE CONTACT. Do not focus on one person for too long. Don’t be too intense or
intimidating.
 TONALITY – confident commanding tonality. (interested, surprised, empathetic)
 Use emotions to our favor to magnify the attention, which is good for ourselves and for
our case, and to dissipate and quickly remove attention when it’s not.
 The case begins the minute you walk into the courtroom. Be sure you’re on your game
to make an impression. Be sharp, focuses, and confident.
 No emotion when a judge corrects you. Otherwise, the “high status” is violated.
 As a lawyer, come across as someone that’s only looking to help make the right
decision.

VIDEO 2:
4 tips to improve your public speaking

 The best speakers are there to give. They don’t want anything, not even approval. You
show up to give.
 There are certain patterns and skill sets that if applied can improve public speech.
o 3 A’s of public speaking:
 Authenticity engages – know yourself. Speak from the gut. The audience
can feel realness, and you have to be yourself in order to really deliver a
message that informs and inspires.
 Awareness – situational awareness. Sometimes, things will not go as
planned. What you have to do is be fluid, be malleable, and ready to rock
the situation.
 Audacity – be bold in order to give a speech that lasts. Fear drives most of
us, so audacity is what you need. You cannot half-step into your
presentation, so you have to be bold. One of the things to do that is to
tell a story. Be story centric.
 Never tell a story without making a point. Never make a point without telling a story.

VIDEO 3:
Oral advocacy (2): Introducing yourself

 Address judges as “your honor”

  Elements of self-introduction
o Name
o Party
o Responsibility
o Time
 Be careful with the use of verb forms. USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE.
 For future actions, use the modal “will”
 Preferable to use the active voice.

VIDEO 4:
Stating a case theory

 Allows judges to understand the essence of a case in a few sentences.

 2 strategies to portray the opposing party’s case in a negative light
o STRATEGY 1: Presenting a contrast.
 Let the judges know what is supposed to happen ideally.
 Tell them what the opponent has done in actual fact.
o STRATEGY 2: Using of emotive language
 As you state your case theory, STAY ASSERTIVE! Never use modals such as may or might
which lower the degree of certainty.

VIDEO 5:
Giving a road map

 A roadmap shows:
o Your overall stance
o How many supporting arguments you have
o What those arguments are
 Advantages: enable judges to follow your arguments better and teach them to ask
questions at appropriate times.
 Elements of a good road map
o Stance
o Supporting arguments
 Verbs to signal your stance
o Believe
o Argue (a more powerful verb instead of believe)
 Phrases to signpost arguments
o “Make an argument”
o “Advance a submission”
 Temporal conjunctions (order of arguments)
o “first”
 o “second”

VIDEO 6:
Citing facts

 Master the 3 HOWS

o How to draw your audience’s attention
 Draw it to relevant documents so that they know they need to read it
with you.
 “if I may direct the tribunal to…” – the modal may “shows" politeness
o How to describe the documents
 The kind of document and who wrote to who
 Let them know if you’re reading the top, center, or bottom part of the
page. Paragraph number is also okay.
o How to cite facts by quoting or paraphrasing
 Quoting the facts WORD FOR WORD allows a more precise statement of
the facts.
 Paraphrasing allows you to summarize complicated facts efficiently.
Avoid creating ambiguity. Make sure the paraphrase is as faithful to the
original text as possible.

VIDEO 7:
Citing laws

 Various sources of law:

o Statutes
o Regulations
o Case law
o International treaties or conventions
o Soft law (conduct)
 4 elements to remember when citing laws:
o Article number
o Clause number
o Source
o Provision
 Prepositions to be used:
o “Pursuant to…”
o “Under….”
VIDEO 8:
Citing cases

 It’s important to include all essential information the judges need so that they can
identify quickly what you are referring to.
 Elements of a case citation
o Name
o Court
o Year
 Expression to introduce a case
o “in the case of…”
 Useful reporting verb:
o “held”
 Use the word “similar” in order to show that the precedent and current case are similar

VIDEO 9:
Using signposts

 “turn to” / “move to” – expressions to tell judges what they have done and what they
are going to do next
 “now” can also be used in addition
 Signposts help mooters move from one submission to another.

VIDEO 10:
Concluding arguments

 Elements of a good conclusion

o Brief review – reminds the judges of the essence of the case; must be in line with
your case theory
o Decisions – what decision do you want the tribunal to make as a result of your
submissions
 Common signposts to signal the beginning of your conclusion
o “in conclusion”
o “to conclude”
o “concluding”
 End your argument under time pressure
o “Mr. President, members of the tribunal, this concludes my arguments on the
substantive/procedural issues. Thank you.”
VIDEO 11:
Responding to questions

 Answer clarification questions directly with a clear yes or no

 Restate your arguments by responding to certain questions
 Ask for clarification politely when necessary

VIDEO 12:
Making a rebuttal

 Rebuttal- allows one party to refute points made by another

 Surrebuttal – allows a party to respond to a rebuttal
 Both should be concise. Parties are not supposed to put forward new arguments.
 Elements of a rebuttal or surrebuttal:
o Summary
o Refutation
o Your own arguments
 Argue in the alternative
o “Even if”