Trial Advocacy

Lecturer and co-director of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law’s trial competition program, Spencer Pahlke and Justin Bernstein write about three lessons from mock trial that can be incorporated into trial work regardless of practice area.

Lecturer Spencer Pahlke discusses how advocacy skills transfer from law school to law practice to life; the forgotten lessons of mock trial that you should resurrect; and how learning, practicing, and teaching are part of a career-long cycle for the skilled advocate.