Publications

The ABA Advanced Trial Advocacy Coaching methodology

It is a fundamental tenet of effective advocacy that one must have regard to the audience one is addressing.  The audiences being addressed in the ABA's courses are different to a greater or lesser degree, from the audiences addressed by other courses conducted elsewhere around the world. 

For that reason, this document has been created. It describes the approach adopted by the ABA in the courses that it conducts.  It is not proffered as a model for others to adopt, although some aspects of the approach may strike a chord for similar audiences.

ABA ATC Advanced Trial Advocacy methodology.pdf 181 kB

Address by the Honourable Robert French, Chief Justice of the High Court

The Chief Justice's after dinner speech at the Essential Trial Advocacy course held in Perth WA, July 2011

Address by Chief Justice French - July 2011.pdf 68 kB

The Australian Advocacy Training Council - The Bar takes a hand

Christopher Shanahan SC reviews the formation and rationale for the ABA's Advocacy Training Council.

ATC Australian Bar Review article.pdf 229 kB

Victorian Bar News article on the 2010 Advanced Trial Advocacy course

Ted Woodward provides a personal review of the course in Brisbane.  

Vic Bar News article 868 kB