How Well Are You Prepared?

No matter how meticulously prepared you are, you should be prepared for what Robert Jackson says below.

“I used to say that, as Solicitor General, I made three arguments in every case. First came the one I had planned – as I thought logical, coherent, complete. Second was the one I actually presented – interrupted, incoherent, disjointed, disappointing. The third was the utterly devastating argument that I thought of after going to bed that night.”

Robert Jackson, Advocacy Before the Supreme Court: Suggestions for Effective Case Presentations, 37 A.B.A. Journal 801 (1951).

Thanks to Herk Rauzi at the Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court for sending the above quote to us.