Test Yourself: What Makes a Good Opening Statement

At Winning Trial Practice Techniques, you take a quiz to find out whether your opening statements measure up.  It was written by Elliott Wilcox, and answers questions like these:

• When is the best time to disclose weaknesses in your case?

• Is it ever okay to use notes?

• Where should you stand?

• Should you use present tense, or past?

• What's the best way to end every opening statement?

Here's the link to the quiz. Related posts can be found here at Illinois Trial Practice in the Opening Statement category.

Comments

[Ron Miller]

Interestly, David Ball would give the exact opposite advice as to how to begin your opening.