ABSTRACT
How defence lawyers accomplish their professional role seen in terms of constructing and performing “lawyer face” is the starting point of this chapter, before moving on to depicting how the presentation of the client as a credible interactant is achieved along with a short discussion on managing the face of the judge and prosecutor. Finally, I argue that as the defence lawyer and client constitute a team, it is appropriate to analyse their performance as such. I therefore present the performance of “team face” which focuses on teammates uniting behind a shared version of reality and shared identity. This demands the conveyance of loyalty and teamwork by the defence lawyer. Throughout this chapter I begin to reveal the invisible emotion rules guiding defence lawyers’ courtroom performances in preparation for the following chapters where they will be delved into more fully.
