Complementing Delos's Remote Oral Advocacy Programme (ROAP), this page brings together relevant resources on (remote) oral advocacy. Email us at roap@delosdr.org to submit additional resources and at hearings@delosdr.org for hearing services enquiries. For resources on remote or virtual hearings, click here.

Guidance

• Lord Alexander of Weedon QC, The Art of Advocacy (17 October 1991)
• The Inns of Court College of Advocacy, Principles for Remote Advocacy (April 2020)
• English Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA), Guidance to Advocates on Remote Hearings (5 May 2020)
• Wendy Miles QC, Remote Advocacy, Witness Preparation & Cross-Examination: Practical Tips & Challenges, published as Chapter 6 of Maxi Scherer, Niuscha Bassiri, Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab (eds.), "International Arbitration and the COVID-19 Revolution" (Wolters Kluwer, 2020) [requires a Kluwer Arbitration subscription]
• Edmund King QC, How to Lose a Case (30 October 2020)

Webinars

• Delos
  • "In conversation with Neil": see entries for 'Oral advocacy' in the detailed index
  • AmCham Perú and Delos Dispute Resolution, The present and future of remote oral advocacy (30 November 2020)
  • Toby Landau QC, ROAP Asia 2021 Dedication Event (17 May 2021)
  • ROAP Finals: Inaugural Edition 2020 (11 December 2020), Asia 2021 (23 August 2021), EMEA 2021 (30 November 2021), LATAM 2021 (15 December 2021), Asia 2022 (1 September 2022), LATAM 2022 (1 December 2022), EMEA 2022 (14 December 2022),  Americas 2022 (16 May 2023), Construction 2022 (30 May 2023).
  • Kevin Kim, ROAP Asia 2023 Dedication Event (31 May 2023)
  • Swedish Women in Arbitration Network (SWAN) and Delos Dispute Resolution, Key Elements of Successful Oral Advocacy (16 October 2025)

• Other
  • SIAC, Strategies for Effective Oral Advocacy & Cross-Examination for Virtual Hearings: A Guide for Counsel (30 April 2020)
  • ICDR Young & International, The Art of e-Advocacy: Persuasion in a World of Virtual Hearings (5 June 2020)
  • California Lawyers Association (CLA), Mastering Remote Advocacy - Managing Challenges and Embracing Opportunities (11 June 2020)
  • Pump Court Chambers, Judging and Advocacy in Virtual Court Hearings – An International Experience (1 July 2020)

Books

• Iain Morley QC, The Devil's Advocate (2015, 3rd edn, Sweet & Maxwell)

Psychology of advocacy

• Niro Sivanathan, The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive, TEDxLondonBusinessSchool (May 2019)
• Dr Ula Cartwright-Finch & Cortex Capital, Justice Rebooted - Psychology in Virtual Hearings (series published in 2020 & 2021)
• Doak Bishop, GAR Live New York 2022 Keynote, as reported in GAR by Alison Ross (17 October 2022) [requires a paid subscription]

Other resources

• Delos-Y, Arbitration Hearings: Top 10 Tips for Junior Associates (14 January 2021)