Yesterday, I picked up a book called ‘The First Trial: Where Do I Sit? What Do I Say? in a Nutshell by Steven Goldberg from the footpath (by far my favourite place to shop for books if only because you can occasionally find a gem which you know you’re going to treasure for a very long time even if you do have to literally make your way through layers of dust and dirt to be able to make a purchase).

I haven’t read the book yet but the idea seemed really good. It tells you the things which you to figure out to be able to get through your first trial without embarrassing yourself. Precisely what you need to know if you want to be a practising lawyer and precisely what the academic professors who teach you in law school may not be able to tell you.

“A trial is the presentation of an idea (why your client should win), to an audience (the jury), through the medium of performers,” says the author.