Questions from the bench / [Douglas S. Lavine].
2004
KF325 .A95 06840
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Author
Title
Questions from the bench / [Douglas S. Lavine].
Uniform Title
American Bar Association archive publications.
Published
Chicago, Ill. : Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, [2004]
Copyright
©2004
Call Number
KF325 .A95 06840
ISBN
1590312333 (pbk.)
9781590312339 (pbk.)
9781590312339 (pbk.)
Description
xxi, 199 pages ; 22 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)123921676
Note
Includes index.
Reproduction
Microfiche. Buffalo, N.Y. : William S. Hein, 2006? 3 microfiches : negative. (Hein's ABA Archive Microfiche Collection).
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Cabinet 13-14
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Table of Contents
Ch. 1
The importance of effectively answering questions form the bench
3
Ch. 2
A primer : fundamental principles of advocacy as related to answering questions from the bench
13
Ch. 3
The need to reframe questions from the bench as opportunities, not intrusions
23
Ch. 4
Understanding different kinds of questions
31
Ch. 5
The essential attributes of effective and ineffective answers
41
Ch. 6
The overriding imperative of responding directly to the question asked
51
Ch. 7
Misstating the facts or the law
65
Ch. 8
Being dismissive of the question or questioner, or a member of the panel
71
Ch. 9
Arguing with the questioner
79
Ch. 10
What to say when you don't know the answer
91
Ch. 11
Conceding too little or too much
99
Ch. 12
Using your response to restate key themes and arguments
107
Ch. 13
Offering the court acceptable alternatives in your response
115
Ch. 14
Using your response to characterize and refute your adversary's position
121
Ch. 15
Handling the hypothetical question
127
Ch. 16
The high art of engaging in a conversation with the bench
137
Ch. 17
Professional and stylistic considerations
143
Ch. 18
Case study : Laurence Tribe in Bowers v. Hardwick
153
Ch. 19
Case study : Floyd Abrams in metromedia, Inc. v. city of San Diego
161
Ch. 20
Case study : David Boies in Bush v. Gore
183