My top ten CLE speaking tips to help you be a hit with the audience

Smile and have fun! Believe it or not, many of these programs can be a lot of fun if you interact with your audience
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Top Tips Part II: Improving your Oral Argument

Study the facts and the cases like you're going to be taking a test on them.
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My Shingle on Passion – passing it along

Just a quick entry to say check out Carolyn Elefant’s post on passion and enjoying yourself.  Gave me a nice lift today as I find myself distracted by the (at last!) fabulous So. Cal. weather and wanting to take one of the dogs to the beach instead of working on...
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How to ensure you aren’t invited to speak again at an event

In the spirit of David Letterman’s Top Ten… here are the top10 ways to ensure you are not invited back to speak at an event: 10.   Spend the entire time you are on the panel eating snacks. 9.     Interrupt the other speakers and...
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Top Tips Part I: Improving your Oral Argument

When your judge/justice asks you a question, think of it as a red flag waving in front of you - this is what they are interested in and want to know more about. Stop. Listen. Listen to the whole question
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Mobile Technology for Lawyers

It’s time to update my mobile technology, so I decided to read a few posts on the latest options. I recommend this post by Ryan McKeen and Finis Price at the ABA Law Journal comparing the Droid v. the IPhone.  That does it, I’m getting a droid! ...
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Recommended Reading by Cordell Parvin

Hi all, Sorry to say, I haven’t been around the blogosphere much lately – at least not my own blog that is. I know – they rock and it’s good for me to write on a regular basis. But so is exercise and eating right and I can’t manage that right...
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Motion to compel lunch granted: why opposing counsel should cooperate

I just found this great post by Vicky Pynchon,  at her www.negotiationlawblog.com blog on a judge who ordered counsel to have lunch (with thanks to Roger Wood, at Association Law Blog).  The judge’s tongue in cheek order shows a...
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Are lawyers of a Certain (or any) Age using social networking yet?

Just last week a speaker at the American Continuing Legal Education Association’s mid-year conference in Orlando stated that he thought attorneys over a "Certain Age" (capitals intended!) were not using social networking as a means of communication,...
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Announcing the addition of Finz Advance Tapes to the Pincus CLE line-up

I’m excited to announce that I have recently added Finz Advance Tapes to the Pincus CLE line up.  Brought to you by Pincus Legal Education, Inc., I will continue to deliver the excellent, informative and fun audio summaries and analysis of Torts and Civ Pro/Evidence...
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