Storytelling for Lawyers: Key Skills In Persuasion

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Storytelling for Lawyers: Key Skills In Persuasion

Storytelling for Lawyers: Key Skills In Persuasion

Join us for a comprehensive 2-hour workshop on the art of storytelling for lawyers. This program is designed to provide you with the key skills and tools necessary to leverage the power of storytelling in the legal profession, and ultimately, improve persuasive abilities. Throughout the session, you will learn the science behind the power of storytelling to develop trust, proactive empathy, and even respect; how to use storytelling most effectively throughout your practice; tips for delivering effective narratives, and more – all while being given ample opportunity to practice your own storytelling skills and receive feedback from peers and instructor.

Start Date:

August 23, 2023

Start Time:

10:00 AM

End Time:

12:00 PM

Skills Credit(s):

Total Credit(s):

Region:

Virtual Participation

Agenda

10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

10:05 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. Storytelling for Lawyers: Key Skills in Persuasion

1. Introduction.

a. Goals and objectives of the workshop.

b. The importance of storytelling in the legal profession.

2. The Science of Storytelling.

a. Dramatic arc leads to physiological processes in listeners.

b. Quantitative analysis.

c. Review examples (with objective and qualitative data.

d. Breakout activities to help attendees craft their own stories.

3. Storytelling as Rhetoric and Persuasion: Ethos, Logos, Pathos.

a. Credibility, logic, emotion.

b. Finding the right stories.

c. Group activities to analyze and discuss sample stories.

4. Storytelling in Legal Settings.

a. Explore the different ways to use storytelling in legal contexts.

b. Client interviews, crafting a complaint, ADR and negotiating, discovery, trial, appellate.

c. Group activities to craft stories that apply to hypothetical legal scenarios.

5. Conclusion and Next Steps.

a. Recap of key program points.

b. Discussion on how to optimize storytelling skills over time.

c. Group reflection and feedback on the program.

d. Suggest tips and resources for continued growth in storytelling skills.

Speaker:

Deborah V. Pagnotta | CEO, ULUstory PBC

2.0 Credits in Skills

11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Q&A

Program Faculty

Deborah V. Pagnotta, ULUstory PBC

Format:

Webinar

Product Code:

0NC11

Section Member Price: $60.00

NYSBA Member Price: $75.00 Join (or renew) for special member pricing

Non-Member Price: $125.00

Sponsoring Committee Group

Women in Law Section
Committee on Continuing Legal Education