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Jun. 15, 2009
Justice: Lost in the Shuffle
Some judges have become so removed from the real world, their senses of justice and common sense have become dulled - not from misuse, but from disuse, writes Dan Lawton.
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By Dan Lawton A great trial lawyer I admire, Steve Swinton, told me about the "bartender test." The test measures the common sense of a lawyer's argument in a given case. The test requires you to explain your case to a disinterested bartender in five minutes or less. If the bartender understands and accepts it, your case has common sense and even justice. If the bartender says, "That's bullshit," then your argument lacks common sense ...
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