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Set For SentencingThe Artificial Lawyer: A Debate About the Usefulness of A/I in the Legal ArenaArtificial intelligence is here and it’s getting more sophisticated and more ubiquitous every day. Indeed, the legal community seems to be largely embracing A/I with open arms. But the jury is still out whether this somewhat terrifying new technology is going to be our savior or our destroyer. Therefore, helping us get set for sentencing this week are two great gentlemen: a lawyer (Patrick Barone) and communications expert (Dr. Randy Olson) to debate the pros and cons of A/I in life, and in law. IN THIS EPISODE: Using A/I...
2024-04-291h 00
ABT TimeTime for a little ABT Psychodrama! (bring in the lawyers)A tremendous discussion with defense lawyer and ABT Narrative Gym book coauthor Doug Passon plus his trial lawyering collaborator Patrick Barone, Esq. about their use of “Psychodrama” in preparation for defending their clients. It’s a great discussion of how they are both using the ABT and Dobzhansky, as well as Doug’s ABT analysis of the iconic Miranda Rights pointing out the (quite possibly intentional) lack of narrative strength in the statement. Randy Olsonhttps://twitter.com/ABTagenda Randy's Blog: http://scienceneedsstory.com Learn more about the ABT Framework Course: http://www.abtframework.com/ ...
2023-11-2153 min
Set For SentencingWho Says You Can’t? Strategies For Creative Lawyering with Jon May Jon May is a gentleman, a scholar, and a phenomenal criminal defense lawyer based in the Miami area. His new book, Who Says You Can’t? How To Become a More Creative Criminal Defense Lawyer embodies his practice and his prolific writing on various aspects of criminal defense. It was an honor to hold court with him as he helps us get Set for Sentencing. IN THIS EPISODE: The concept of “trying your case at sentencing” Never shying away from putting your offense in the proper context; Convincing prosecutors to drop the case because your client is eithe...
2023-02-131h 15Set For SentencingDefense Documentaries: How Defense Attorneys Use Cinematic Storytelling to Reduce Sentences (Ep. 182 of The Business of Story Podcast Featuring Doug Passon)Continuing my goal of showcasing my own work in December, this week’s episode is all about my passion, my love, my baby; what we call DEFENSE DOCUMENTARIES. Some call them mitigation videos or sentencing videos. These are short, true, films produced for criminal cases (for plea negotion, sentencing, and post-conviction relief) and used to humanize our clients and advocate for them in a far more credible and powerful way. I always say if the judge could spend the time with our clients and their families that we do, they'd have a whole new perspective on the case...
2022-12-191h 00Set For SentencingSpecial Episode: The Narrative Gym for Law discussion on Dr. Randy Olson's "ABT Time" Podcast, Featuring Doug Passon!We have produced over thirty episodes of Set For Sentencing including our Web extras, AND we’re just getting started. BUT no episode has yet solely focused on the work I do helping lawyers tell their most powerful sentencing narratives and producing defense documentaries to humanize clients and bring their life story into living color. THEREFORE, I thought it might be interesting to flip the script and showcase some other creators who have been gracious enough to invite me on their podcasts. That way, you can learn about what I do in more detail, from the p...
2022-12-1258 minSet For SentencingOver the Rainbow & Into the Land of Legal Narrative (With Story Expert Matthew David)Lawyers are taught that logic is their best friend. BUT, in the real world, human beings make their most important decisions based on EMOTION, not LOGIC. So how do you present your facts in a way that taps into the genuine emotions of the decision makers? Come on people, you know this: A good, true, & well told story! Helping us get Set For Sentencing, and joyfully continuing our ongoing conversation on legal narrative, is story expert, Matthew David. As a screenwriter and Dr. Randy Olson’s right hand man, Matt is deep into the world of narrative. He knows...
2022-11-281h 03Set For SentencingElizabeth Holmes: Sentencing Post MortemOn Friday, 11/18/22, a federal judge sentenced Elizabeth Holmes to over eleven years in prison. Ms. Holmes was convicted after trial of a "fake it 'till you make it" fraud involving her company Theranos, and the revolutionary blood testing technology dream machine that was not to be. There are many lessons we can learn from what went down last week, so, helping us get Set For Sentencing, our old friend and guidelines expert, Mark Allenbaugh. Mark and I break down what it was, what it could have been, and what comes next. We also veer a way off the p...
2022-11-211h 02Set For SentencingListening to Understand: What Laywers & Clients Can Learn From ImprovI hate to admit it, but we lawyers, we’re really good talkers, but listening? Not so much. When your lawyer puts away the police report, sits with you, and says, "tell me your story, I’m all ears," then you know you are in good hands. But, being a good listener isn’t always intuitive. Therefore, it’s time we look to the world of improv to see what it can teach us about being better advocates for our clients. Actor, communications expert, and alumni of the famed Groundlings Improve in LA, Brian Palermo, is just the...
2022-11-071h 00Set For SentencingA Richer Measurement of Justice: The Novel Lolita Read as a Sentencing MemorandumWatch this episode on YOUTUBE, on APPLE PODCASTS, or wherever you get your podcasts! Lawyers have everything to learn from great stories on the screen, on the page, or on the stage. Legal Writing Professor Christina Frohock knows this well, as her latest law review article, Legal Fiction: Reading Lolita as a Sentencing Memorandum, brings into focus exactly what lawyers and clients can learn from the classic and infamous novel Lolita, and how we can apply those teachings to full effect at sentencing. IN THIS EPISODE: The fundamental unity between law and narrative; What eve...
2022-10-241h 35Set For SentencingNarrative is Everything at Sentencing!Lawyers are fundamentally problem solvers; and narrative is, as Dr. Randy Olson tells us, is “a series of events that occur in search of a solution to a problem.” So, if you want to persuade decision makers to reach the right result at sentencing, you must communicate in narrative. Helping us get set for sentencing this week is communications expert, author, filmmaker, and teacher Dr. Randy Olson. Dr. Olson has cracked the code of narrative structure. He has taken the myriad complex and often inaccessible story models developed over centuries, and boiled them down to the ele...
2022-06-201h 34
ABT TimeThe Four Horsemen of the ABT Apocalypse: SCIENCE (Randy Olson), BUSINESS(Park Howell), LAW (Doug Passon) and POLITICS (Dave Gold)Time to learn about THE PAUL BEGALA CHALLENGE: To change the thinking of Democrats from And, And, And thinking (“Programmatic Lists”) to And, But, Therefore thinking (ABT Narrative Intuition). Randy Olson matches notes with the three co-authors of the “Narrative Gym” series of books for BUSINESS (Park Howell), LAW (Doug Passon) and POLITICS (Dave Gold). Randy Olson https://twitter.com/ABTagenda Randy's Blog: http://scienceneedsstory.com Learn more about the ABT Framework Course: http://www.abtframework.com/ Park Howell https://twitter.com/ParkHowell https://businessofstory.com Doug Passon https://www.dougpassonlaw.com/...
2022-03-291h 15
On The Page754. The ABTs of StorytellingDoug Passon and Randy Olson talk about the “And, But, Therefore” template they use to help lawyers, scientists and screenwriters tell effective stories.
2022-01-1439 minOn The Page754. The ABTs of StorytellingDoug Passon and Randy Olson talk about the “And, But, Therefore” template they use to help lawyers, scientists and screenwriters tell effective stories.
2022-01-1439 min
ABT TimeOur New Book: “The Narrative Gym for Law,” discussion with coauthor and defense lawyer, Doug PassonWe are producing a series of books applying “The Narrative Gym” to different disciplines. BUSINESS was released in September with coauthor Park Howell. POLITICS will be released in January with coauthor Dave Gold. In this episode we discuss the current release of LAW with coauthor Doug Passon. Doug Passon https://www.dougpassonlaw.com/ https://twitter.com/dougpassonlaw Randy Olson https://twitter.com/ABTagenda Randy's Blog: http://scienceneedsstory.com Learn more about the ABT Framework Course: http://www.abtframework.com/ Jen Martin https://twitter.com/scido...
2021-12-2155 min