Advocacy:The Psychology of advocacy and how to examine a witness.

I have read two books which deal with trial advocacy. One was "The Common Sense Rules of Trial Advocacy" by Keith Evans (224 pages) and the other was "Advocacy: Evidence, Objections and Exhibits" by Haydock and Sonsteng ( 60 pages read). I had no idea how complicated a trial could be until I started reading these books. I have watched several episodes of 'The Practice' and 'Ally McBeal' and had based my opinions of trials and courtroom behavior …

…psychology of advocacy, and how to examine a witness. I learned a lot of great techniques and ideas by reading about these topics and others. There are so many great tips that different books list and I've heard a lot of people discuss trial 'tools' that they use. The hard part is trying to remember all of them. I believe that people should just use the ones that they'll be able to use most effectively.