Building Your Defense from the Memory Up
"The preparation process needed to act as a form of positive reinforcement - helping him to re-own his story, his sense of self, and his self-worth."
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10, 2025
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04, 2024
The Likable Witness Key Traits and Psychological Concepts
Follow the link below to read part 1 of Gillian's article about witness likability. The Likable Witness Key Traits And Psychological Concepts This article was published in Law360 September of 2023.
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01, 2020
Acting for Lawyers™ President & Founder, Gillian Drake, in Washingtonian Magazine
Inside DC’s Acting School for Lawyers Where attorneys who want to get ahead learn performance techniques that aren’t taught in law school. Written by Debra Bruno Photographed by Evy Mages Published on January 7, 2020 - Gillian Drake, Founder/President of Acting for Lawyers™ Acting for Lawyers encourages attorneys to loosen up. Courtney Kasuboski, an associate [...]
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11, 2019
Releasing Your Inner Public Speaking Rockstar
Sometimes a client has everything going for them as they prepare for a speech; they’ve thought about what they want to say, they’ve outlined their ideas in a clear and cogent way, they have an objective for the speech that they can articulate, they are excited to reach the audience with their message -- they [...]
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08, 2019
WHAT DO I WEAR TO COURT?
The single most frequently asked question of my witness consulting work, “What should I wear when I take the stand?” is also the last thing I advise on during witness preparation. This seemingly simple question requires a careful understanding of both the witness and the trial narrative in order to present the right picture to [...]
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06, 2019
Angry Witness part 3: F@#$ You and the Horse You Rode in On
It seems like every witness I helped prepare for testimony last month was angry – which got in the way of both how they approached preparing to testify and their actual testimony. Each witness was challenged by not being able to get past his or her negative emotions and dive into preparation in an open, [...]