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Cognitive Behavioural Rhetoric for Legal Advocacy

PS205
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.

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Unscripted Persuasion Under Pressure

1

Handling Interruptions and Hard Questions Under Pressure

You will understand how to respond to interruptions, hostile questions and challenges from the bench, tribunal chairs and clients without losing your train of thought, credibility or composure.

25 min
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2

Thinking on Your Feet: Frameworks for Impromptu Answers

You will understand how to structure spontaneous responses under pressure using cognitive frameworks that keep your thinking clear and your answers persuasive.

25 min
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3

Recovering from Mistakes While Keeping Credibility

You will understand how to acknowledge errors in real time, rebuild trust with your audience, and use mistakes as opportunities to strengthen your persuasive authority rather than damage it.

25 min
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