Ronald Clark
Ronald H. Clark is a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Seattle University Law School where he has taught Pretrial Advocacy, Trial Advocacy, Essential Lawyering Skills, Visual Litigation and Today’s Technology, and Essential Litigation Visuals and Technology. Professor Clark is a nationally known lecturer and author. He has lectured at over 40 national continuing legal education courses and for numerous bar associations and prosecutor associations across the country.
He also has conducted international training for the Department of Justice and Department of State. For 27 years, Professor Clark was in the King County Prosecutor's office in Seattle, Washington, where he served as a Senior Deputy and as the Chief Deputy of the Criminal Division. Next, Professor Clark was the Senior Training Counsel at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Professor Clark has authored over sixteen books (some of which are in multiple editions), including, among others Pretrial Advocacy and Trial Advocacy; Jury Selection Handbook; Visual Litigation; Roadways to Justice; Eradicating American “Prosecutor Misconduct”; Powerful Presentations; and Addressing the Jury. Professor Clark has been awarded both the Distinguished Faculty Award and a Lecturer of Merit Award by the National College of District Attorneys as well as the Dean’s Award of Honor. The Washington Association Prosecuting Attorneys awarded him the President’s Award of Merit. For 27 years, Professor Clark was in the King County Prosecutor's office in Seattle, Washington, where he served as a Senior Deputy Prosecutor, Assistant Chief Deputy in charge of the trial teams, and as the Chief Deputy of the Criminal Division with over a hundred lawyers. Next, Professor Clark was the Senior Training Counsel at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Professor Clark pioneered the first courses conducted at the NAC when it opened its doors to state and local prosecutors and for the following six years. He also directed other College courses around the country, including the Executive Prosecutor Course and Successful Trial Strategies. Professor Clark was the editor of the National College of District Attorneys magazine, The Practical Prosecutor. Also, he was the editor for the College’s two published books Visuals for Today’s Prosecutors and Doing Justice: Prosecutor’s Guide to Ethics and Civil Liability.
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
CHARLES M. RUSSELL LEGACIES:: Amazing Tales of Charles and Nancy Russell, Josephine Wright, and Nancy Josephine Clark. This book was inspired by my Blackfoot wife, who is an artist, and my wife's grandmother who was the Blackfoot model and muse for renown Cowboy Artist Charles M. Russell.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
My writing habits are pretty common. I write about what I know and dig deep into subjects.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
As a prosecutor I've been influenced by true crime books and one involved collaboration with Ann Rule and drew on one of the crimes she wrote about.
What are you working on now?
Currently, I'm wrapping up Charles M. Russell Legacies.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
RonClarkBooks.com
Which Websites you like most to promote your book
Amazon
Do you have any advice for new authors?
The usual, write what you know.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Write what you know.
What are you reading now?
Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robins.
What’s next for you as a writer?
Spread the word about Charles M. Russell Legacies
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
A couple Tom Robins books and volumes of Carl Sandberg's Lincoln