In-House Training Course Offerings

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Client Interviewing and Advising (1 day)

There are many effective styles of legal interviewing and counseling and there is no set pattern of problems presented to attorneys by their clients. This course provides participants with the opportunity to work with individual clients and simulated corporate clients and will discuss firm policies, fee agreements, and the ability of the firm to respond to a variety of legal matters. Presentations will be videotaped and critiqued by faculty serving as potential clients.

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How to Conduct an Effective Deposition (2 days)

Learn how to plan and execute depositions that help you win the case.

Have you ever agonized over a deposition? Or been stone-walled by an evasive deponent? Have you ever been unsure about deposition protocol? Or concluded a deposition only to realize that critical questions had not been asked? If so, then this course is for you. It is designed to help you develop the skill and confidence to conduct effective depositions.

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How to Conduct an Effective Jury Trial (5 days)

Learn to develop the skills and insights that will enable you to try your next jury trial confidently and purposefully.

You’ll spend your time completely immersed in the task of honing your skills. You’ll cover trial notebooks, direct and cross exam, impeachment, rehabilitation, direct and cross of expert witnesses, opening statements and summations. You and your fellow registrants will then practice your skills by litigating a jury trial.

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How to Conduct an Effective Voir Dire (1 day)

Practical skills you can use in your next trial.

Participants will have the opportunity to act as both jurors and attorneys and to experiment with the appropriate art of jury selection.

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How to Examine Accountants and Appraisers Effectively (1 or 2 days)

This course allows you to focus on the examination of accounting and appraisal experts so that the judge and jury understand and are persuaded. The course materials consist of two separate condensed fact situations, and each participant will have the opportunity to prepare and conduct both a direct and cross examination.

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How to Examine Medical Experts Skillfully (1 or 2 days)

Learn how to work confidently and effectively with medical testimony, evidence and exhibits.

Few direct or cross examinations are as difficult for attorneys, or as inscrutable to a jury, as the examination of a medical expert. This course is devoted exclusively to the direct and cross examination of medical experts and the use of real and demonstrative medical evidence.

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How to Examine Witnesses Effectively (2 days)

Identify and develop the crucial skills necessary to conduct direct and cross exams and to introduce exhibits.

There is no element of effective advocacy more important than preparation and there is no one quite so embarrassed as the advocate who is unprepared. On the other hand, effective preparation makes you a more confident, more comfortable, more credible litigator. It is important to know your client and know the facts, but it is just as important to know what to expect.

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How to Give Forceful Presentations That Persuade (1 day)

This unique course is designed for litigators and non-litigators alike. Participants will make two presentations – one to a school board and one to a county board. Participants must persuade the school board to adopt a position for funding either sports or fine arts in the first exercise and persuade the county board to fund parks or development in the second exercise. Presentations will be videotaped and critiqued by faculty serving as board members. Specific skills and strategies will be taught and developed in student participants.

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How to Introduce and Use Exhibits in the Courtroom (1 or 2 days)

Learning to work with exhibits confidently and to use them for powerful effect with the judge or jury.

How many trials are won by words alone? Hardly any. It’s testimony supported by real evidence, explained by demonstrative exhibits and reinforced by visual aids that captivates, educates and persuades a fact finder. This course is designed to teach you how to work confidently, smoothly and effectively with real evidence, demonstrative exhibits, charts, graphs, diagrams and other visual aids.

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How to Persuade the Judge and Win Your Motion (2 days)

Learn the critical elements of oral persuasion.

Eloquence may win plaudits, but persuasiveness wins cases. And that’s why we’ve created this participatory learning course designed to teach you how to wring the maximum persuasive impact from your oral arguments.

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How to Try a Case to the Bench (3 days)

Focusing on all important trial elements with special emphasis on critical skills in court trials.

How would you like to deliver your next opening statement, conduct your next direct exam, or introduce your next exhibit with the skill and confidence of a master litigator? Now you can hone those skills and develop that confidence at this course.

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Improving Your Legal Negotiating Skills (1 or 2 days)

Understanding the negotiating process and techniques, and developing a negotiation plan can only enhance your chances for a successful negotiation result. You will learn how to begin your negotiations, how to conduct your negotiations and how to deal with the negotiating techniques of your adversary. You will experiment with different styles of negotiation and assess their effect on you and your opponent. You will practice techniques appropriate to the different stages of a negotiation, practice preparation with a colleague, and give and receive feedback on your performance. You will begin to develop a greater confidence in your ability to negotiate with the best.

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