Visual aids are rarely good at appellate oral arguments - that's the conventional wisdom among experienced appellate lawyers. Such aids are often used in ways that just distract from the flow of the ...

Opening statements and closing arguments are typically the most significant phases of a civil jury trial. They are often the only times during trial that counsel may directly address the jurors.

Multimodal argumentation and visual rhetoric encompass an emergent field that explores how diverse communicative modes—including images, diagrams and other visual representations—contribute to the ...