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Legal Advocacy: Proving, Pleasing, and Moving the Court

Learn timeless advocacy principles from Aristotle to Cicero, using modern case law to build credibility, tell compelling stories, and win cases.

Created byNew Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
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(34 reviews)
IntermediateUpdated Mar 29, 2025
Legal Advocacy: Proving, Pleasing, and Moving the Court

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the core principles of legal advocacy based on Aristotle’s Logos, Ethos, and Pathos.
check_circleLearn how to apply deductive and inductive reasoning to construct stronger, more logical legal arguments.
check_circleEnhance your credibility through honest, transparent lawyering and strategic concessions.
check_circleIdentify and avoid common logical fallacies and traps that undermine advocacy efforts.

About This Course

As lawyers, we make arguments on behalf of our clients every day, but how often do we pause to consider the fundamental principles of advocacy that can help make our arguments as persuasive as possible to our intended audience?

Experienced trial and appellate lawyer, law professor, and co-author of the book "To Prove, To Please, To Move: Timeless Principles of Legal Advocacy," Peter Afrasiabi explains how you can use the fundamental insights of Aristotle, Cicero, and other great advocates to make your best arguments on behalf of your clients.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

Legal Technology & Education

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies. For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit  http://www.newmedialegal.com .

Peter  Afrasiabi
Peter Afrasiabi

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.

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