Applying the Bill of Rights to Your Kids
“It’s not fair!” “Don’t I have rights?” What about the Bill of Rights… A couple of weeks ago, we talked about how we could apply the rules of evidence to our kids. What if we teach our kids the rights...
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“It’s not fair!” is an oft-heard refrain when there are kids in your house. In school, your kids may constantly complain about how their teachers, other kids, their siblings, and even you are not fair...
View ArticleSpeak the truth or say nothing at all
Many criminal defense clients come to their lawyer with one of two problems – they talked to detectives before calling us, and gave a complete statement admitting guilt; or they talked to detectives...
View ArticleBeing Real
Tonight we sat around the kitchen table and took turns reading The Velveteen Rabbit. Most of us have probably heard or seen the story at some point; in it’s simplest form it is a story about a stuffed...
View ArticleThemes and theories and flexibility
We are taught that we have to have a theory of the case, and we need to have themes and theme phrases that we will repeat throughout opening, direct, cross, and closing. But we have to be careful when...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Cried Wolf
“Nobody believes a liar…even when he is telling the truth!” My son is four years old now, soon to be five. He’s gotten into the habit of coming in while I’m working on the computer and telling me...
View ArticleThe wonder of a child
I just finished spending two wonderful days with my 3 year old son – I am more and more amazed every day at the beauty of this child. It was Christmas – he got a toy piano, a castle, dragons, and a...
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