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Editing Your Oral Arguments: Removing Filler Words

Miller McCrea Leonard

Editing Your Oral Arguments: Removing Filler Words
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Attorneys are constantly using filler words while speaking in court. Filler words are the short, meaningless words or sounds we use instead of a pause. For trial lawyers, filler words are not just annoying, they have the potential to harm your case.

Some common filler words:

  • Like
  • Um
  • Ah
  • Ugh
  • Well
  • Okay
  • Right?
  • And
  • Really
  • With all due respect
  • I just
  • Then

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