Trial Lawyer Tools

Video Transcript

"This is a Tennessee Practice series that has a lot of information in it, forms and that sort of thing. These are all court rules, all courts have rules and you have to follow them and that's what those are. These involve rules and law concerning probate. Well the Internet is a big one and legal research books because you always have to research to make sure as current as possible. And the Internet helps with that as well. There are various on line services that you can use to do your research. You need to be able to relate to people as I spoke before, to a jury or a judge, to your own clients, to witnesses. You have to frankly be willing when you are unsuccessful to let it roll off your back and pick up the next day and go on. The American Barr Association, The Tennessee Barr Association, The National Barr Association and various other organizations geared to lawyers have a lot of publications, magazines and the like. There are a lot of books you can buy that are very helpful. So, yes, all of that is just really critical to be able to be successful. There are some, like legal research websites that a lawyer can subscribe to and on line and do research and I use one of those. There are obviously doing searches through the use of Google for people and information is very helpful. Other websites, medical websites, things like that can be useful."