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The Teaching of Advocacy: An Important Influence

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Not many decades ago the prevalent view was that attempts to teach skills of court advocacy would be of little value – facility in the art being mainly considered innate. However systematic instruction on the subject has become a major influence on advocacy, particularly that of junior practitioners. This chapter traces the origins of advocacy teaching in England and Wales and outlines the content of the current courses.

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    Graya XX, pp. 11.

  2. 2.

    Cases in Court, Pan Books Ltd., 1954, page 252.

  3. 3.

    First Steps in Advocacy, Faber and Faber, 1943, pp. 10–11.

  4. 4.

    See the Blushing Beginner And The Bearded Juryman pp. 57–58 and The Brilliant Person, The Vulgar Individual With A Cockney Accent And The Two Malefactors pp. 305–306 in Forensic Fables , Reprinted in 1999 by Wildy and Sons, London.

  5. 5.

    See Cases in Court, London, Heinemann, 1950 pp. xi–xii.

  6. 6.

    See Philip Girard, Judging Lives: Judicial Biography from Hale to Holmes, Australian Journal of Legal History (2003) Vol. 7.

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    Page 21.

  8. 8.

    Peter Hungerford-Welch, Advocacy, New Law Journal. 150 NLJ 1532, 20th October, 2000.

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    Bar Council: BVC Specification Requirements and Guidance. Revised 2006.

  10. 10.

    See Marcus Soanes, Enhancing Legal Education, Counsel, January, 2010, pp. 14–16.

  11. 11.

    Morton’s Musings: Kings of the Court, Law Society Gazette, James Morton, 22nd February, 2007.

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    LPC written standards 10vs – September 2004.

  13. 13.

    See Chap. 14: “Rights of Audience”.

  14. 14.

    Baljeet Basra, Professional Development and Regulation Department, Institute of Legal Executives, interviewed on 17th July, 2007.

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Watson, A. (2019). The Teaching of Advocacy: An Important Influence. In: Speaking in Court. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10395-8_12

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