For anybody over 35, the message is still pretty heavy that there’s something wrong with you
Teaching our youngest children
Marcus is in trouble, the school official had said, for using “foul words” and ‘talking inappropriately.”
Strategies for winning at trial
Effective trial advocacy requires powerful themes
To be or not to be average
what we are really seeking is to be average
Minding your manners
tips for the holidays
Dating fatigue
longtime combatants in the dating wars, psychologists and those who study the lives of singles talk about increasing dating fatigue
List of objections
Here is a list I compiled years ago of common objections, with references to the rules of evidence.
Objections
Preparing for trial requires an Objection strategy.
At-home dads
Working mothers walk in the door and immerse themselves in their children, far more so than many working dads do.
A childhood dream
I walked out of that movie saying, ‘I’m going to adopt orphan children.
Foundations
The concept of Foundations is much simpler than the daily experiences of our courtrooms would suggest.
Avoiding identity theft
useful information on avoiding identity theft
Privileges
While a trial involves the search for truth, that goal must yield at times to other interests
Judicial notice
This device allows the acceptance of facts as true without formal evidence
400 children
Michigan has about 400 children available for adoption and in need of a family
Raising kids
Helping kids be themselves
Exhibits
three types of evidence that can become exhibits
Discrediting the witness
Impeachment, the discrediting of a witness by cross examination or by other admissible evidence
Love you? I am you.
Few of us work as hard at the vocation of marriage as we should.
Witnesses
The rules make a clear preference for facts, not opinions.