Color transparencies and overhead transparencies are available by sending the files by phone to service companies which can messenger them back to your office within a day. The draft images printed in the law office can be copied and used as handouts while color slides and transparencies can be available at the actual trial or other presentation. Other Applications One way to help settle cases is the thorough preparation of a settlement brochure. The settlement brochure shows that you are sufficiently organized to go to trial and have the evidence available to back up your contentions. By including charts and graphs, you are better able to communicate the basic ideas of your case that you intend to convey to the trier of fact should you get to trial.
Persuasion generally involves the communication of simple ideas.
Important is that simple ideas be retained in the recipient's mind long enough for someone to act on them. Graphical images then can communicate important ideas likely to be remembered by the person whom you are trying to persuade, whether that be opposing counsel or a settlement conference judge. In the law office, there is often a need to communicate how procedures to office personnel. A checklist for filing documents with various courts can be shown graphically with large bold print. The output printed by a laser printer can then be three hole punched and placed in a notebook of standard office procedures.