Choosing Your Clients: Four Factors to Consider Before Taking on a New Case
Be sure to know your time limitations, determine the economics of the case, understand what is in your wheelhouse, and decide whether you can work with this client.
GPSolo January/February 2024: Trial Skills and Advocacy
Volume 41, Issue 1
Features
Pretrial Preparation: The Who, What, Where, When, and, Most Importantly, How
Motions make requesting anything from the court easier and can afford technical advantages if used correctly.
Using Discovery Effectively at Trial
Thinking about discovery from the vantage point of the jury helps to focus on the right questions, asked in the right way.
E-Discovery Challenges: The Collection and Preservation of Electronic Evidence
Advances in electronically stored information (ESI) require litigators to continually stay informed about the related challenges and procedures of modern-day data collection and preservation.
Factors in Choosing a Civil Jury or Bench Trial: Finding Your Fact Finder
Whether you put your case in the hands of a judge or a jury depends not only on your case but also on the judge, the jury pool, your client’s cost restraints, and your style of presentation.
Choosing, Preparing, and Presenting Witnesses at Trial: Direct and Cross
The backbone of most civil cases is the selection, preparation, and testimony of percipient and expert witnesses.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Options
The author reviews alternative dispute resolution options such as negotiations, mediation, judicial settlement conferences, and arbitration.
Voir Dire and the Modern Jury Panel
Jury selection is a unique part of the trial, and every trial lawyer must consider the questions to ask and the charge to the jury from the first day that the client is retained.
How to Conduct a Trial Successfully
Understanding all that goes into successfully conducting a trial will increase an attorney’s chances of achieving favorable outcomes for clients.
Using Artificial Intelligence for Your Trial Presentation
AI tools can take over repetitive and time-consuming tasks so trial preparation and the process of trials go more efficiently—which helps lawyers, staff, judges, and jurors.
An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers
Law firms and legal departments using AI technology will likely see an increase in revenue, a decrease in costs, and an improvement in the quality of their work product.
Columns
Setting Healthy Boundaries Is Self-Care
To maintain your mental health this year, try to set personal and professional boundaries and follow through with them.
A Litigator’s Checklist for Well-Pleaded Complaints and Defenses
The author presents a trial counsel’s checklist that will help you prepare for trial and think through the issues in your case more carefully and thoroughly.
GPSolo Nominating Committee Report
The Committee presents its candidate for the office of Division Secretary, Budget Officer, and five candidates to serve as Council Members-at-Large.
Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT for the Road Warrior
GPT and similar AI models can help road warrior attorneys enhance efficiency and improve client service.
Five Tips for Turning Consults into Clients
These tips will help you turn initial consults into opportunities for a successful attorney-client relationship.
TikTok Marketing Tips for Lawyers
Attorneys can leverage TikTok to establish themselves as valuable resources in the digital content realm.
Finding Support to Thrive as Neurodivergent Lawyers
The author recounts how pro bono opportunities presented themselves to him through the years and offers advice on finding volunteer opportunities that reflect what you already enjoy doing.