HARVEY Specter, Jack McCoy or Arnie Becker doing verbal battle in a court room is a common media image of a lawyer\u2019s daily life.<\/p>\n
Language is the weapon they use in front of judge and jury to deliver a convincing argument.<\/p>\n
Adrian Dean, Heinz and Partners Associate Lawyer, delivered a five-minute speech to recently win the Golden Gavel, the Law Institute of Australia\u2019s top prize for public speaking in Darwin.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn front of the Chief Justice of the Northern Territory Court and the Attorney General I had to speak on dealing with the wrath of the judiciary,\u201d Mr Dean said. \u00a0\u201cI did a funny take on some Family Law judges who have been fairly harsh and noted in the press recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cI drove home how sometimes family law clients can be particularly needy and that certain truth resonated with the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n
The competing lawyers are given their topic 24 hours before presentation and they have to come up with a five-minute humorous monologue.<\/p>\n