Contents : introduction -- The opening address -- Some observations on the art of advocacy -- How to win your case -- The honest lawyer -- The profession of the year -- The five function of the lawyer -- The just judge -- The closing speech -- Forensic persuasion -- The writing of judgments -- The duty of a lawyer -- Illustrative cases -- humour in law -- Some suggestions to junior lawyers -- The qualification of a judge -- Essentials of a lawyers -- The moving of writ petitions -- Court-room humour -- What do i expect from an advocate -- The art of presentation of a case in court -- How to argue an appeal -- Know your law -- Humour in court -- Study and preparation of a case -- Manner of citing cases -- How to prepare an original suit -- Arguments on facts -- The art of winning cases -- Advocacy -- How to study a case -- Lawyering and justicising -- The lawyer and the administration of justice -- How to argue a case in court -- Meeting clients -- The practice of the law -- Role of lawyers in effecting compromise of a suit -- The art of advocacy -the qualities of top lawyers and how to cultivate them -- Devotion to justice -- Look into judge's eyes and speak into his ears -- Law, justice and morality: challenges and reflections from the life of advocacy bram fischer -- Tactics -- The art of persuasion: crafting your opening and closing arguments -- A beginner's guide to opening and closing arguments -- Opening statement in criminal cases -- Preparing and delivering an effective closing argument to a jury -- How to give a jury argument -- Illustrative arguments -- The manner of cross-examination -- The art of cross-examination -- Some rules for cross examination -- The art of cross-examination -- Cross-examination: its aims and limitations -- Indian evidence act and cross-examinaton -- Cross- examination -- An approach to cross-examination -- Integration of goals on witness examinaton -- The ten commandments of cross-examination -- Cross-examination in criminal cases -- Some famous examples of cross-examination -- Classes of witnesses and as to the mode of cross examining them.