
Unscripted Direct
Conversations with the law school trial advocacy community. Hosted by Spencer Pahlke (shareholder at Walkup Melodia and trial advocacy director at UC Berkeley School of Law) and Justin Bernstein (director of trial advocacy at UCLA School of Law).
Unscripted Direct
Episode 109 - Liz v. Jules (and Hollywood Legal Legend Patty Glaser)
Introduction (0:00:00). Justin's mom gets yelled at by another team's coach during a Zoom trial, and Justin doesn't appreciate it.
The Break (0:05:55). Results from 8 NTC regions, and updated case balance data from Wooden v. Saban -- including detailed data about which parts of trial are won by each party.
Suggested Plagiarism: Patricia Glaser (0:17:01). She has represented Conan O’Brien, Miley Cyrus, Paula Deen, and Ryan Seacrest. Here, Patty tells some courtroom war stories, bemoans how "allegations have become evidence" in America, how trial strategy changes when a celebrity is on trial, explains why she represented Harvey Weinstein, and shares her approach to trial techniques -- jury selection, themes, objections, and when to turn up the heat on cross.
Vexatious Litigants: Liz Lippy v. Jules Epstein (0:51:14). The two Temple colleagues debate whether case problems should involve sensitive or controversial topics. Since they are reluctant to insult each other, we give them some help...
Mailbag (1:28:50). How do you teach students to deal with judges who get things wrong?