John Hollander
Lawyer, Trainer, Author
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A civil litigator in Ottawa from 1978 to 2021, John founded the Advocacy Club in 2007, to train civil litigators and law students in the arts of trial advocacy.
John earned his advocacy spurs during 100s of civil trials (including civil jury trials) and litigation cases over 42 years of active practice. |
The Advocacy Club now has more than 800 members across Canada, many of whom are leaders in the legal community. With Zoom, programs are available to lawyers, articling students, paralegals and law school students across Canada.
For 10 years (until 2022), John taught trial advocacy techniques at the University of Ottawa's school of common law, an experiential course applying the Advocacy Club's methods to train upper-year law students to become junior associates in litigation practices. Advocacy Club members served as teaching assistants. Many students joined the Advocacy Club on graduation.
John continues to teach Advocacy Club techniques to law students across Ontario as an extra-curricular program, at no cost.
Through Irwin Law, John has published eight handbooks for lawyers on the subjects of interview skills, legal writing, discovery techniques, courtroom skills, mediation, case analysis and examination skills. John has also produced five self-published handbooks. Introduction to Trial Advocacy, Outlining Examinations, Estate Litigation, Authenticity: Public Speaking for Professionals and Think! Write! Speak!: Persuasive Speechwriting for Professional. For details of all handbooks, visit Handbooks on this website.
For 10 years (until 2022), John taught trial advocacy techniques at the University of Ottawa's school of common law, an experiential course applying the Advocacy Club's methods to train upper-year law students to become junior associates in litigation practices. Advocacy Club members served as teaching assistants. Many students joined the Advocacy Club on graduation.
John continues to teach Advocacy Club techniques to law students across Ontario as an extra-curricular program, at no cost.
Through Irwin Law, John has published eight handbooks for lawyers on the subjects of interview skills, legal writing, discovery techniques, courtroom skills, mediation, case analysis and examination skills. John has also produced five self-published handbooks. Introduction to Trial Advocacy, Outlining Examinations, Estate Litigation, Authenticity: Public Speaking for Professionals and Think! Write! Speak!: Persuasive Speechwriting for Professional. For details of all handbooks, visit Handbooks on this website.