November 29, 2021
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'Like Showing Up for Court Without Their Hair Combed': Why Law Students Need to Learn the Etiquette of Virtual Litigation - Law.com

Executive Director, Berkeley Judicial Institute Jeremy Fogel, during a Berkeley Law webinar titled “Judicial Temperament” (Photo: Courtesy Photo)
Berkeley Judicial Institute Executive Director Jeremy Fogel, during a Berkeley Law webinar titled “Judicial Temperament.” (Courtesy photo)

What You Need to Know

  • Training aspiring lawyers to succeed in virtual courtrooms needs to be done by those teaching legal advocacy.
  • The content of oral advocacy is largely the same whether live or remote, but the way in which you communicate is different.
  • You really can tell if people take care in how they are coming across. It’s important to put the effort in. These are intangibles that judges pay attention to.

Courts and litigators were forced to adapt, basically overnight, to the previously unthinkable reality of virtual courtrooms. But with remote litigation here to stay, it’s now up to law schools to adapt by preparing students to advocate for clients in a digital environment.

Law.com spoke with former U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of the Northern District of California about the future of virtual courtrooms and how law schools need to be preparing graduates for this “new normal” of courtroom proceedings.

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source: https://www.law.com/2021/11/29/like-showing-up-for-court-without-their-hair-combed-why-law-students-need-to-learn-the-etiquette-of-virtual-litigation/

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