Master effective appellate advocacy in virtual settings, from technical preparation to maintaining credibility over video and phone.
The transition from the traditional courtroom to virtual platforms has fundamentally altered appellate advocacy. This course provides a comprehensive overview of navigating phone and video oral arguments in the modern legal landscape. Legal professionals must now master not only the intricacies of the law but also the nuances of remote presentation. Exploring the critical differences between in-person, audio-only, and video-conferenced hearings, the curriculum delves into strategies for maintaining judicial engagement, adapting persuasive techniques for a digital audience, and projecting professional decorum through a screen or over the line. It covers essential best practices for environmental setups, managing the unique pacing of virtual interactions, effectively handling questions and interruptions from a remote bench, and avoiding common technological pitfalls. By examining the shifting dynamics of appellate practice, this course explores how legal practitioners can adapt their skills to deliver confident, high-stakes oral arguments in the age of Zoom.
Legal Technology & Education
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Founding Partner at One, LLP
Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
