How to Succeed as a Trial Lawyer, Third Edition

By Stewart Edelstein

Unlike any other book for trial lawyers, this book covers the gamut-updated practical advice about every aspect of a trial lawyer's skill set. In a straightforward, approachable style, the author, a veteran trial lawyer and mentor, provides numerous pearls of wisdom, practice checklists, and what effective litigators eventually learn on the job. This portable mentor will fast-track any trial lawyer's career.

Litigation is a challenging profession. It demands not only intellectual ability but attention to detail, perseverance, creative problem-solving, persuasiveness, focus, integrity, and the ability to press the client's position with zeal while maintaining sufficient detachment to provide the objective, independent advice the client requires. How to Succeed as a Trial Lawyer, Third Edition is an invaluable guide to each of these requirements and more.

Topics covered:

Effective and ethical use of artificial intelligenceStrategies for in-person and remote depositions, mediations, and arbitrationsCompliance with updated ethical rulesStrategic implementation of the most recent amendments to the Federal Rules of EvidenceDealing with clients and others in a trial lawyer's professional lifePrinciples applicable to all legal writingDrafting emails, letters, internal memos, pleadings, motions, and briefsAll aspects of discovery, including e-discoveryHow to try a case, from jury selection through closing argumentThe art of persuasionDealing with ethical issuesDealing with stressMarketing a law practice

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639055363
• ISBN13: 9781639055364
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: American Bar Association
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"