Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers Quotes

“Strive from the outset to express yourself with such clarity that a bright twelve-year-old would understand you. Any fool can make it complicated: it takes focus to make it simple.”
― Keith Evans, Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers: A Practical Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Be a Better Advocate

“Rule 46 When There Is a Weak Point in Your Case, Don’t Pretend that It Isn’t a Weak Point Admit it, and show the factfinder how you still ought to succeed despite that weakness.”
― Keith Evans, Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers: A Practical Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Be a Better Advocate