Saturday, October 18, 2014

Photo essay proposal

Lately, I have been thinking about going to law school. So, for my photo essay I would like to do digital rhetoric and writing in the courtroom.  Law practice has been fairly consistent in its usage in rhetoric and writing but because of the increase in technology, digital usage has been increasing in the courtroom. My photo essay will address the following questions: What usages of digital rhetoric and writing are present in today’s courtrooms? How are these digital usages used in favor of the defense and the prosecution?

I am relatively unfamiliar with courtroom rhetoric and writing, especially in terms of digital usage. This project will be more of a discovery/ informational project for me and anyone else that may be interested in law.  I am interested in this because I want to pursue law in the future but also because I believe rhetoric is one of the most important tools for a lawyer.  I want to explore this topic because I believe it will be helpful to me in the future. I could do some random project centered only on this class but instead I thought I would do something useful for my future.


A lot of my research will come from the Internet especially academic databases. Some of my other research will come from law journals and case studies. Case studies will help my project observing what digital and rhetoric usages lead to a victory in the courtroom.  Some of my secondary research could be to observe a court case at the Gallatin county court house or to do an interview with an actual lawyer.  Ideally, I would like to learn some rhetorical techniques that might help me in the future.

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