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Sec On Track With New Insider Cases, Anne M. Tucker
Lawyers Heed Call To Volunteer Pro Bono Service, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lawyers Heed Call To Volunteer Pro Bono Service, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lisa Radtke Bliss
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Class Action Challenge To N.Y. Public Defender System Moves Forward, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Class Action Challenge To N.Y. Public Defender System Moves Forward, Lisa Radtke Bliss
Lisa Radtke Bliss
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Hiding The Elephant (How The Psychological Techniques Of Magicians Can Be Used To Manipulate Witnesses At Trial), Sydney A. Beckman
Hiding The Elephant (How The Psychological Techniques Of Magicians Can Be Used To Manipulate Witnesses At Trial), Sydney A. Beckman
Sydney A. Beckman
In 1917 Harry Houdini performed a single, yet incredible, illusion; “[u]nder the bright spotlights of New York’s Theatre Hippodrome, he made a live elephant disappear.” In 1983 David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty Disappear in front of both a live and a national television audience. To be sure, neither the elephant nor Lady Liberty actually disappeared. But from the perspective of the audience they did, indeed, disappear. So which is correct? Did they, or didn’t they?
Trial Lawyers and Magicians share many of the same talents and skills. Misdirection, misinformation, selective-attention, ambiguity, verbal manipulation, body language interpretation, and physical …