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)

• 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)