Cardinal Rules of Advocacy: Understanding and Mastering Fundamental Principles of Persuasion

by Douglas S. Lavine

Overview

About the Author

Douglas S. Lavine is a Superior Court Judge in Connecticut, presiding over civil and criminal trials. He was appointed to an eight-year term by Governor Lowell P. Weicker in 1993 and was reappointed to a second eight-year term by Governor John Rowland in 2001. Prior to becoming a judge, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and was in private practice. He also taught advocacy at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Cardinal Rules of Advocacy is his first book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556817694
Publisher:	National Institute for Trial Advocacy
Publication date:	03/28/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

With intelligence, street smarts, erudition, wit, and uncommon (and unlawyer-like!) clarity, Judge Douglas Lavine lays out the elements of effective communication, in and out of court. Cardinal Rules of Advocacy can be read with great enjoyment-and used to great advantage- by attorneys and laypeople alike.
—Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair; former National Legal Affairs Editor, The New York Times

David Margolick

Judge Lavine’s identification of the Cardinal Rules combines courtroom experience with the grand theories of advocacy. It is intellectual, practical, and inspirational.
—Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC

Jacob A. Stein