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Closing argument is a great persuasive device to help you win your case. It’s the most powerful part of the trial as it comes last and has the psychological advantage of recency. In addition, it is the only part of the trial which can be used w...

Program Number
3401
Program Date
2024-01-23
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

Volume 3 of this presentation will provide you with creative tools for conducting cross-examination and continues the discussion from Volumes 1 and 2. From achieving basic witness control to becoming more in tune to the subtle nuances of space and pr...

Program Number
3436
Program Date
2024-01-19
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

At first blush, the similarities between the theater and the courtroom might seem as disparate as the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. But when you look beneath the surface, the connections between the two are strikingly simila...

Program Number
3429
Program Date
2024-01-02
Category
Communication SkillsCommunications and Media LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLegal Research and WritingSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

Who ever thought that Fred Astaire was the Patron Saint of direct examination? In direct examination, your job is to make the witness and the story she is telling interesting, compelling, and credible. With that in mind, direct examination is analogo...

Program Number
33128
Program Date
2023-12-28
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

At first blush, the similarities between the theater and the courtroom might seem as disparate as the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. But when you look beneath the surface, the connections between the two are strikingly simila...

Program Number
33227
Program Date
2023-12-21
Category
Communication SkillsCommunications and Media LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLegal Research and WritingSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

This presentation will provide you with creative tools for conducting cross-examination. From achieving basic witness control to becoming more in tune to the subtle nuances of space and proximity in the courtroom and how to use these to your advantag...

Program Number
33186
Program Date
2023-12-14
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

This presentation will provide you with creative tools for conducting cross-examination. From achieving basic witness control to becoming more in tune to the subtle nuances of space and proximity in the courtroom and how to use these to your advantag...

Program Number
33127
Program Date
2023-12-07
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

While it’s true that the quote, “Let’s kill all the lawyers” came from the stroke of Shakespeare’s pen in Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2, there are many things that we, as lawyers, can learn from the Bard.  Rema...

Program Number
33180
Program Date
2023-11-30
Category
Criminal Practice & ProcedureFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLaw Practice ManagementLegal Research and WritingLitigation & Litigation SkillsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

At first blush, the similarities between the theater and the courtroom might seem as disparate as the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. But when you look beneath the surface, the connections between the two are strikingly simila...

Program Number
33126
Program Date
2023-11-16
Category
Communication SkillsCommunications and Media LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLegal Research and WritingTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

In this presentation, we'll cover the beats that all great stories go through. From there, we'll discuss the importance of finding the tempo of the narrative pace, the rule of three's and how to apply it, and how to build suspense. In doing so, we'll...

Program Number
33194
Program Date
2023-11-07
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

At first blush, the similarities between the theater and the courtroom might seem as disparate as the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. But when you look beneath the surface, the connections between the two are strikingly simila...

Program Number
33125
Program Date
2023-11-02
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleJury Selection SkillsNegotiation SkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

While it’s true that the quote, “Let’s kill all the lawyers” came from the stroke of Shakespeare’s pen in Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2, there are many things that we, as lawyers, can learn from the Bard.  Rema...

Program Number
3371
Program Date
2023-10-26
Category
Criminal Practice & ProcedureFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLaw Practice ManagementLegal Research and WritingLitigation & Litigation SkillsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

Before we can begin to understand how the Fifth Amendment applies in offshore tax cases, we must first understand why such a provision is in the Constitution in the first place. Most of us cannot relate to confessions extracted by torture (Kylo Ren&r...

Program Number
3367
Program Date
2023-10-19
Category
Constitutional LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleInternal Revenue ServiceInternational LawInternational Law & Global TradeMaster Tax SeriesTaxation Law
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

As a trial lawyer, what do you really need in order to win your case? Attention — the jury’s attention.  I don’t mean that in the narcissistic “everyone look at me” sense. When I say every trial lawyer wants more a...

Program Number
33179
Program Date
2023-10-12
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

As a trial lawyer, what do you really need in order to win your case? Attention — the jury’s attention.  I don’t mean that in the narcissistic “everyone look at me” sense. When I say every trial lawyer wants more a...

Program Number
33124
Program Date
2023-10-05
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5