3 ms·
I believe a very basic rule-of-thumb for lawyers in court is to don't ask witnesses questions you don't already know the answer to. Edit: I remember my wife te
by arethuza 3y ago
I believe a very basic rule-of-thumb for lawyers in court is to don't ask witnesses questions you don't already know the answer to.
Edit: I remember my wife telling me this during her time as an Advocate's Devil.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> Advocate's Devil What does such role/job entail? It sounds like being a drill sergeant on a lawyers' boot camp.
- arethuza 3y agoAdvocates are the Scottish equivalent of barristers - specialised lawyers who can appear in the highest courts. During training one of the things they have to do is act as an unpaid assistant for a senior junior (but not a senior!) advocate for a year or so - during this time they are known as Advocate's Devils. The process is known as devilling but, you might expect, this means different things in different parts of the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devilling#Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devilling#Scotland
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThanks for explaining! I only knew about the term "Devil's Advocate", I didn't realize the transposed term is a thing too.