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When Hollywood Meets the Courtroom

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Any lawyer who has been to trial has quickly learned the difference between how a courtroom operates in real life and how it is portrayed in literature and film. But to focus on the differences is to overlook some uncanny similarities – particularly in how attorneys model themselves after the lawyers of fiction and deliver their presentations with…
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When Hollywood Meets the Courtroom

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Any lawyer who has been to trial has quickly learned the difference between how a courtroom operates in real life and how it is portrayed in literature and film. But to focus on the differences is to overlook some uncanny similarities – particularly in how attorneys model themselves after the lawyers of fiction and deliver their presentations with…
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