How do you become better at oral arguments?

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Assume the judge is a moron and doesn’t know anything about the pertinent law. Better yet, assume they think they know about the law, but what they know is exactly wrong.

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Practice, watch others, read books on it, and writing the motions on it all helped me

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Young litigator here, I learned by watching others and practice. I try to be concise in my arguments. I used too and still bring a mini outline of my arguments in bullet point format to keep in front of me to make sure I cover everything if I get off track.

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What kind of arguments and what particular aspects do you want to improve on?

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