The Audience for Visual Legal Advocacy - Views of a Mediator/Arbitrator
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Visual exhibits must match the audience: juries need emotional, shorter clips while mediators/arbitrators need clear, factual demonstrations. Examples: a Terminex application video made for juries convinces judges in pretrial; an alcohol training tape was scrapped as prejudicial; surveillance is decisive so ask for outtakes; a truck animation proves only a very high speed could produce the crush and produces a nominal settlement; video of prostheses and steam-valve animation clarifies complex injury and operation. Always send DVDs to mediator in advance.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Visual legal advocacy intro
- 1:32Audience in legal presentations
- 3:22Effective legal video examples
- 6:10Emotional impact and length
- 8:16Mediator expectations for video
- 10:45Video for mediation vs trial
- 12:30Surveillance video in litigation
- 13:57Animation for equipment demos
- 15:22Day-in-the-life videos
- 17:33Video depositions in openings
- 19:16Balancing video and live testimony
- 20:42Video as arbitrator’s opening
- 22:07Video’s historical legal impact
- 23:15Contract/construction litigation with video
- 24:41Injury impact via prosthetics
- 26:11Questioning tactics and objections
- 26:55Mediation before arbitration/trial