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Opening Statements and Closing Arguments: Making Your Case: Journals and News

A collection of online resources, including particular trials, trial skills materials, databases, and relevant journals and news.

In General

Communicating During the Trilogy of Persuasion: Voir Dire, Opening & Summation
Howard L. Nations and Amy Singer
Explorations of Juror Reasoning: Extending our Understanding of the Influence of Attorney Opening Statement/Closing Argument Organizational Strategy
Shelley C. Spiecker and Debra L. Worthington, 8 Communications Law Review 52 (2008)
Closing Argument in Criminal Cases
Ray Moses, Director, Center for Criminal Justice Advocacy
Storytelling and the Art of Persuasion
Tyrone C. Moncriffe

Journals and Reviews (free full text)

Litigation News (ABA)
The Champion
https://www.nacdl.org/Landing/Champion

Defending People