Cardinal Rules of Advocacy: Understanding and Mastering Fundamental Principles of Persuasion
"Cardinal Rules of Advocacy comes as close as a book can to providing both mentoring and advocacy experience." --New York Law Journal, October 11, 2002"It is a compact, useful and engaging addition to advocacy literature." --New York Law Journal, October 11, 2002"Lavine's identification of the 'cardinal rules' combines courtroom experience with grand theories of advocacy. It is intellectual, practical, and inspirational." --Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, D.C."With intelligence, street smarts, wit, and uncommon clarity, Lavine describes the elements of effective communication, in and out of court." --David Margolick, contributing editor Vanity Fair; former National Legal Affairs Editor, The New York Times"provides trial lawyers and law students a rare opportunity to view lawyers' advocacy from the other side of the bench." --Stephen Wizner, Yale Law School