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I recently read Clotaire Rapaille’s The Culture Code. Rapaille is a marketing researcher who “is an internationally known expert in Archetype Discoveries,” which is a field of study that he invented. In The Culture Code Rapaille discusses some of the results of his research into “the unconscious meaning we apply to any given thing—a car, [...]
Mark Bennett | March 15, 2010
Three really smart creative empathetic lawyers—Joane Garcia-Colson, Mary Peckham, and Fredilyn Sison—are directing a four-day Trial Boot Camp in Palm Springs, California from May 13 to May 16, 2010. Tuition is $750. I know these women well from the Trial Lawyers College and psychodrama workshops, and I recommend their boot camp highly to women trial [...]
Mark Bennett | March 14, 2010
Two blogs recently added to the blogroll: Liberty and Justice for Y’all—Texas criminal law mostly-anonymous (except for front man B.W. Barnett) group blog. They are writing for a Texas-criminal-law-savvy audience so far, but they’re just getting warmed up. Trial Theory—Trial practice group blog. TLC grads Bobby Frederick (of the South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog), Paul [...]
Mark Bennett | March 14, 2010
Clear Springs High School students’ responses to the folderol surrounding Judge Standley’s talk at their school last week (from Facebook): Mickey Carr These are some of my friend’s replies (from clear springs students) when I asked what had happened and from other friend’s status updates as well, I didn’t put their name up here, but [...]
Mark Bennett | March 12, 2010
Somehow I seem to have become the go-to guy for out-of-state lawyers trying to get Harris County witnesses subpoenaed to trial out-of-state. This is sort of a see-one-do-one-teach-one procedure, and I’ve done five, so it’s time for me to pass on what I know. The procedure is contained in the Uniform Act to Secure Attendance [...]
Mark Bennett | March 11, 2010
Defending People readers know that I am not fond of MADD. There are huge opportunity costs and unintended consequences inherent in a single-issue advocacy organization having the political power that MADD has. Now, using a little bit of that stick to bring a county criminal court judge in to talk to high school juniors about [...]
Mark Bennett | March 9, 2010
While we’re on the topic of stupid blog tricks, I got this telephone call yesterday: “I was just googling my name, and I saw it on your blog. I want you to remove it.” Um . . . okay. Who is this? “Jeff Deutsch. “ I know who Jeff Deutsch is. Jeff writes the excellent [...]
Mark Bennett | March 9, 2010
I tried to leave a comment on Texas Lawyer magazine’s Tex Parte Blog. I got this in my email from the Managing Editor of Texas Lawyer: Thanks so much for taking the time to comment on Texas Lawyer‘s blog. To publish it, I need your written permission, full name and city, all of which will [...]
Mark Bennett | March 9, 2010
A Houston judge who ruled last week that the proceedings surrounding the Texas death penalty are unconstitutional rescinded his ruling this morning to schedule a hearing for lawyers on both sides to submit arguments on the issue. (Houston Chronicle, from which the Keirnan and Allen quotes below also come) While I wasn’t able to attend [...]
Mark Bennett | March 8, 2010
I had a conversation recently with a woman who had accused her husband of hitting her. I was explaining her position in the criminal case: “You won’t have a lawyer, since you’re not a party. You’re a witness.” “I’m not a witness,” she replied indignantly, “I’m a victim.” This is, I’m afraid, the spirit of [...]
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