Rather, we want the jury to see us labor for our client. Your courtroom digital exhibits, transcripts, images and videos are all courtroom aids you use to make your case. Get them in front of the jury and keep them there. Use your laptop at the podium to cross-examine witnesses. Connect with your computer, so that jurors can connect with your case.
Trial advocacy is total communication.
We need to rethink what we think about advocacy. Lawyers are trained to write words and speak them to be literate men and women, more in the image of Sir Thomas More than Marshall McLuhan. Unfortunately, what most lawyers think of as advocacy is often viewed far differently by jurors. You must communicate with your jury on all channels. People don t read dry legal briefs in book-lined rooms.