Cognitive Behavioural Rhetoric for Legal Advocacy
Calm Thinking, Structured Questions and Persuasion Under Pressure
For UK lawyers, law students and paralegals: merge cognitive behavioural psychology with forensic rhetoric and Socratic questioning to manage speaking anxiety, structure cross-examination and persuade unscripted in court, meetings and client conferences
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Course Modules
Module 1: The Anxious Advocate
3 lessons
Applying cognitive behavioural psychology to the anxiety of speaking in court, meetings, client conferences and presentations.
Module 2: Forensic Rhetoric and Classical Structure
3 lessons
Classical forensic rhetoric as a structure for submissions, speeches, presentations and client advice.
Module 3: Socratic Questioning and Cross-Examination Logic
3 lessons
Structured questioning that tests testimony and assumptions, in the courtroom and in everyday professional conversations.
Module 4: Unscripted Persuasion Under Pressure
3 lessons
Thinking on your feet and persuading without a script when the bench, a chair, a client or an opponent interrupts.