Guest of honor at a luncheon given in Manhattan by the students of the Fordham Law School was Max D. Steuer, famed "courtroom" lawyer. While the rapt students flicked ashes into their demi-tasse saucers, Mr. Steuer told them how to talk to a jury. Said he:
"Don't bring your papers into court in an expensive briefcase; bring them in an ordinary paper wrapping. Don't try to be important. Don't try to be a Joseph Choate. Few of us become Choates. "
Try to get a seat at a table near the jury and let...
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