Law professors at the Rutgers School of Law-Camden point out to their students that it`s not the narrative itself that`s the problem. It`s a bad narrative. Students are encouraged to spend time thinking about their technique. For example, it is more difficult for lawyers to be effective storytellers when the audience is a judge because of the necessary intricacies that judges expect and demand. Judges want to know the story, but don`t want to feel emotionally persuaded and manipulated. 12:30 – 13:00 – Story-based opening statements and EXERCISE ASSIGNMENT #2: Professor Krevolin will then speak about the application of these narrative elements to opening statements. It will highlight the key elements and then assign exercise #2 to all participants. Because effective storytelling goes hand in hand with conviction, it is also listed as a goal in other courses in the Rutgers-Camden Law Program. A popular stand-alone offering is the “Persuasion in Legal Writing” course. Elements of this course, including storytelling, will be accepted into the James Hunter II Memorial Advocacy Program at the Faculty of Law this fall. 4:30 p.m.
– 5:30 p.m. – Interactive Storytelling: Applying Storytelling to Opening and Closing Statements Sometimes the reality is too complex. Stories give it shape. One of the most important skills they don`t teach in law school is knowing how to tell a great story. This exciting course focuses on how successful legal storytellers use storytelling and character development to easily present complex information. Learn how to weave a story from facts and immerse yourself in the power of verbal and nonverbal advocacy techniques. Don`t miss this exciting opportunity to hone your skills in case presentation. Review “Three Steps to Everywhere” – writing and structure that clarifies every document you write, including legal documents and emails to clients Most juries gain their basic understanding of the law through television; They learn visually and especially through sound clips. Therefore, it is worth considering how litigators should modify their presentations to accommodate television-age juries. This part of the course explores the conscious and unconscious ways in which our visual culture has influenced learning and knowledge transfer, involving both the analytical brain and the emotional brain. Teacher. Krevolin will lead the group in an in-depth analysis of the history of the opening and closing statements, which were previously distributed to all.
Participants are expected to discuss possible ways to revise these openings and closings by incorporating their newly acquired knowledge of storytelling, creating openings and closings with greater impact. This marks the end of the conference format and this part of the conference will be much more of an open forum. “Storytelling is really part of general legal skills, as is legal analysis, logic, and reasoning,” says Ruth Anne Robbins, clinical professor of law and director of law programs at Rutgers-Camden. “We say the structure of the story and the storytelling is part of that. History and logic are not in conflict; One does not exclude the other. Everything lawyers write, every argument they make, comes back to a topic and flows like a story. Many litigators try to present their arguments in the form of a chronology and fail to place their cases in the context of a story. This is problematic because studies have shown that the most natural and common way for juries to understand evidence and transfer that understanding to each other is through stories.
While deliberating, jurors evaluate the stories told by the plaintiff`s legal team and the defendant`s legal team and agree on the most acceptable story. This story then ends with THE TRUE STORY and a verdict is rendered. Professor Krevolin will therefore focus at the beginning of this seminar on how familiar “life experience accounts” can be adapted to the facts of each case. That doesn`t mean it`s not controversial. There are still law professors who think that this is something new and that it moves away from the traditional orientation based on the logic of legal arguments. As America anticipates the profound injustices of mass incarceration, this course deals with the narratives that guide our perception of criminal justice. Together, we will explore different approaches to understanding how visual storytelling, particularly in the form of documentaries, can change the way we understand crime narratives. Police body cameras, filmed confessions, harm reduction and victim video, prime-time television, citizen journalism and documentaries often produce narratives that compete with each other and with our own deeply rooted beliefs. These forms of visual media have a unique ability to elicit empathy and make compelling claims about the truth. But such a capacity can also distort and mislead. He can present his truths as “objective” and obscure critical questions about identity, perspective, and power.
Based on this understanding, we will launch a “Media Literacy” project and explore issues relating to the public, authorship, truth and (in)justice. Good storytellers are not born, they are made. Everyone can learn the basic rules. And all stories need to be edited, revised and constantly revised until they shine like a gemstone. Over the past twenty years, Professor Krevolin has studied and developed a set of narrative rules that he has developed in Professor K`s five-step process. Step 1 – FIND A WORD THAT EMBODIES YOUR STORY Step 2 – FIND AN IMAGE Step 3 — THE UNIQUE SENTENCE Step 4 – ANSWER THE SEVEN BIG QUESTIONS THAT ALL STORYTELLERS NEED TO ASK THEMSELVES. Step 5 – FILL IN THE SCENE O-GRAM THAT REPRESENTS ACTS 1, 2 AND 3. Identify the “five must-haves” to develop your authentic voice, the voice the legal profession desperately needs to hear Access this course as well as unlimited access to 1,700+ courses with an unlimited subscription. Learning how to create this story is something the Rutgers School of Law-Camden wants to incorporate into its students` legal education. Do you have a question about this course? Fill out this form and the vendor will contact you shortly, and attendees will listen to a mini-conference recap on storytelling basics, then prepare to apply this five-step process to an upcoming case. (or one of the cases discussed the day before).