[ATTW-L] a sample of e-mail correspondence

[Mary Glavan]

Thanks so much for this resource, Sam.
The link no longer works, and I'm wondering if anyone downloaded the email
exchange and would be willing to share.

Thanks!
Mary

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 2:28 PM Dragga, Sam <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu> wrote:

> For a timely example of e-mail correspondence, consider the chain of
> messages regarding arrangements for closing arguments in the business fraud trial
> of Donald Trump (People v. Trump, et al., No. 452564/2022), and
> specifically the exchange regarding Trump’s intention to participate in the
> trial’s closing arguments. In the exchange, Judge Engoron explains that he
> is willing to allow this unusual participation by Trump but subject to the
> usual conditions on closing arguments. Trump and Trump’s representative,
> Christopher Kise, object to the conditions and try to delay closing
> arguments, but Judge Engoron rejects the proposed delay and rescinds his
> permission for Trump to participate in closing arguments.
>
>
>
> Students might find this sample of real-world e-mail correspondence
> especially instructive as it offers the opportunity to analyze a failed
> effort at persuasion. Note the deterioration from Kise’s reasons to object
> to the conditions imposed to simple whining about their being unfair.
> Notice also how Kise initially writes in all lower case letters to Judge
> Engoron (informal? Impertinent?), but later switches to writing in upper
> and lower case letters as the unflinching Judge Engoron insists on the day
> and time as well as the conditions for closing arguments.
>
>
>
> The 10-page e-mail exchange (January 3 - 10, 2024) is available at
> https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24356729-trump-civil-case-judge-engoron
> .
>
>
>
> Sam
>
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>
> Sam Dragga
>
> Professor Emeritus
>
> Texas Tech University
>
> sam.dragga at ttu.edu
>
> 1-806-543-6099
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Mary R. Glavan, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Activate Communication Program
George R. Brown School of Engineering
Rice University
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