Word: lawyer
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Morse said, for studying the preparation and trial of cases is to attend prominent trials in court, and watch the counsel conduct cases of different types. Contrary to some views held at present, the jury system is the best one that can be devised. In trials by jury a lawyer should prepare his facts carefully and above all-promptly; while a personal knowledge of the witnesses is essential...
When a young lawyer comes into court to open a case, he should guard against self-consciousness and be free from affectations. His utterances should be simple and concise; his manner of speaking and even his dress, unnoticeable. The mistake most frequently made by beginners is a failure to plan the proportions of speeches in court, so that bad results are effected under the one-hour limit rule. Selecting from a mass of evidence the one or two vital points upon which the case will turn is as important in trials as strategy in a battle. Generally the most effective...
William Blaikie '66, well known as a lawyer and an author, an enthusiastic advocate of physical culture, died of apoplexy at his home in New York city on Tuesday. After graduating from the Law School in 1868, he entered the office of Chandler, Shattuck and Thayer in Boston, and in the same year was made Justice of the Peace. During the next year he was chief of the Pardon Bureau in the office of United States Attorney General in Washington, and since that time practiced law in New York, where he was made Commissioner of the United States Court...
...preparing a case for trial, a lawyer should see each of his own witnesses, and in the court room relay upon cross-examination for the establishment of his testimony. Where a case involves expert witnesses, the lawyer should obtain a practical knowledge of the subject of the testimony...
...concluding, Mr. Fox mentioned the chances of a young lawyer in New York city, and advised against losing independence, and becoming the servant of a corporation...