Getting Organized

Written on December 19, 2005 by David C. Sarnacki

Organizing the content of the story can be a real challenge. The starting point should be your theme and theory of the Case. Next consider the elements of a persuasive story and use them as a checklist for preparing a presentation:
1. Known facts-what happened?
2. Reasons-why did it happen?
3. Credible witnesses-who should be believed?
4. Supportive details-how can we be sure?
5. Common sense-is it plausible?
See Lubet, supra, 420-22.

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