The New Keys to Effective Trial Advocacy with Jim McElhaney
April 2010
The New Keys to Effective Trial Advocacy with Jim McElhaney
Program Highlights
- Jim McElhaney's power-packed seminar is filled with practical, how-to information that will show you how to be the best trial attorney you can be
- You will gain first hand knowledge at making the most of your jury selection
- You will learn how the nation's best trial lawyers use opening statements to make the judge and jury want them to win
- You will see how to make your experts be the guides the judge and jury want to follow
- You will discover the simple direct examination techniques that make the judge and jury become “eyewitnesses to your facts”
Program Description
A Special Colorado Appearance and Presentation!
This full-day program will cover all the major aspects of trial. It is a course that appeals to both younger lawyers and more experienced practitioners, through Jim's presentation of a multitude of innovative and challenging techniques at every stage of the game. The comprehensive course includes jury selection, opening statements, direct examination, cross-examination, expert witnesses and final argument. You cannot afford to miss this opportunity to learn from the nation's leader in the trial practice field!
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 am
Registration
9:00 - 10:00 am
Jury Selection
- Making the Most of the First Time You Talk with the People Who Will Decide Your Case
- Earning Your Credibility
- Picking a Jury That Wants You to Win
10:00 - 10:30 am
Opening Statements
- Be the Lawyer the Judge and Jury Trust
- Making the Jury Take Your Side
10:30 - 10:45 am
Networking Break
10:45 - 11:15 am
Opening Statements (continued)
- Telling the Winning Story
- Making Memories
11:15 - 12:15 pm
Direct Examination
- The Paragraph Method of Direct
- How to Guide Your Witnesses without Leading
- Making the Jury “See” Your Facts
- It's Happing Now
12:15 - 1:30 pm
Lunch on Your Own
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Cross-Examination
- The Language of Cross-Examination
- You Are the Real Witness on Cross-Examination
- The Secrets of Witness Control
- Effective Impeachment
2:30 - 3:00 pm
Expert Witnesses
- Five Ways to Use an Expert
- Making Expert Testimony Come Alive
3:00 - 3:15 pm
Networking Break
3:15 - 3:45 pm
Expert Witnesses (continued)
- Make Your Expert the Hero of the Breakfast Table
- Nine Ways to Cross-Examine an Expert
3:45 - 4:45 pm
Final Argument
- Solving Problems with Final Argument
- Taking Advantage of the Sense of Injustice
- Using Analogies
- Treasury of Winning Arguments
4:45 pm
Adjourn
About the Presenter
James McElhaney
Jim McElhaney is the foremost teacher, writer and speaker on Trial Techniques in North America. He is the Joseph C. Hutcheson Distinguished Lecturer in Trial Advocacy at the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas and the Baker & Hostetler Distinguished Scholar in Trial Practice a Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. Jim has given over 800 seminars, presentations and workshops on Evidence, Procedure and Trial Practice in every one of the United States and throughout Canada.
Jim is one of the most widely read authors on trial techniques in the United States. He speaks to more than 450,000 lawyers and judges about Evidence, Procedure and winning Trial Techniques in his column, “Litigation” - the most popular feature in the American Bar Association Journal. He is the author of three highly acclaimed books: Effective Litigation (West Pub. Co. law school course book), McElhaney's Trial Notebook (ABA 4th ed., 2005) - the ABA's all-time bestseller, and McElhaney's Litigation (ABA, 1995).
Jim is a former prosecutor in the US Army JAGC and trial lawyer in a litigation firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has an active practice as a trial strategy consultant in civil and criminal trials. He is a graduate of Duke University School of Law, a private pilot, amateur musician and photographer, and enjoys living in the mountains in New Mexico.
Video Replays: May 21, 2010
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Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $329.00 |
| CBA | $269.00 |
| LITIG | $249.00 |
| CBA | $229.00 |
| New Lawyer | $229.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
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