[quote=gzz]You tell young lawyers to sound like radio preachers? Few problems with this advice:
1 Most young lawyers don’t get to speak in court 2. Median age of a judge is about 70. You have to speak Loudly and Clearly. 3. If you start speaking quickly cause the Holy Spirit has got into you, the court reporter will tell you to slow down. 4. Majority of judges interrupt you before you get out two sentences.[/quote]

listen to Christian radio. absorb. adapt.
it’s a perspective.

facts don’t persuade.

feelings persuade.

“i’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou

people look to how strongly you believe what you are saying. if you don’t believe in it, no one will believe in you.

“the good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.”

ralph Waldo emerson.

imagine this. Christian radio transcribed and read by your dullest college professor, the one that made your eyes Cross within 2 minutes, even when you really truly wanted to listen. .

same exact message.

no one believes. or even actually hears it, except the proverbial choir. it seems to invite more questions than it answers.

be more like jack hibbs in WHATEVER message you sell…not boring. what makes someone not boring in their persuasive pitch?

the style IMO needs to be this: the message feels urgent, of extreme importance and you believe this message with the core of your being.