In my final semester at law school, I was in court waiting for our lecturer to show up for advocacy. Rather than sitting around doing nothing, I decided to sit in on some bail applications that were taking place. There was our lecturer judging these applications.

The lawyer applying for bail for his client was presenting. He was having a mumbled conversation with the desk, and several times the judge had to ask him to look at her and to speak up.

Were this a law student or a newly qualified lawyer, then perhaps it would have been understandable. However, this chap has been practicing for quite some years.

It does your case no good to annoy the judge by being inaudible, yet many lawyers do just that. You can have the most persuasive arguement for the most winnable case, yet it means nothing if the judge or jury cannot hear you.

This is an area often neglected, even in Profs. It may be worth covering as an idea?

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for the tips. They have been used both at law school and in Profs as supplemental material.

Simon