Trial Skills College 2022
April 8-9, 2022
Complete the EVALUATION here.
The Trial Skills College is full. Please call to be put on the wait list.
Registration Information
• Pay just $325 ($25 savings) until February 10.
• After February 10 — $350 ($400 after March 24).
• Registration includes two full days of training and includes bagels and coffee each morning, protein snacks during the breaks, and a lunch each day.
Covid-19 Policy
The Board of Directors has decided that proof of vaccination and booster (if eligible) or a negative COVID-19 test result (at-home tests are NOT acceptable) pursuant to CDC guidelines will be required to attend this CLE and related events. Masks are required at this event except when participants are eating or drinking. OCDLA has discretion to modify this policy with the consent of attendees for academic-related reasons.
LIMITED TO 24 PARTICIPANTS, a maximum of two lawyers per office.
OPEN TO OCDLA MEMBERS — if we do not fill the 24 spaces with OCDLA members we will open the college to nonmembers.
HOW TO REGISTER. To ensure geographic and human diversity only two people from the same office may register, and registration is by phone only — call 541-686-8716 today!
The Trial Skills College takes place at the new Public Defender Services of Lane County office, 180 East 11th Avenue, Eugene, OR.
An intensive two-day training limited to 24 participants focusing on voir dire, opening statements, cross-examination and closing argument.
The program trains trial lawyers in the learn-by-doing approach in a controlled non-threatening environment. The training will significantly advance your skills and confidence as a trial lawyer, no matter your experience level.
Using a prepared case students receive in advance, the program will include lectures, demonstrations, and small group exercises that will include actual voir dire, cross-examination and closing argument. Participants also play the parts of witnesses and jurors, further adding to the real-life feel of the trial experience. The exercises are videotaped and then individually critiqued by an instructor during private meetings with participants.
Special Guest Faculty Member —
Special Guest TBA
Oregon Faculty/Instructors
Faculty and Instructors TBA
Program and speakers subject to change.
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel by March 25 you will receive a refund minus a $100 cancellation fee. After March 25 there are no refunds, including for inclement weather. It is difficult to fill a space late in the process.
Complete the EVALUATION here.
Program (speakers, topics and times subject to change)
Moderated by Laura Fine, Eugene & Rosalind Lee, Eugene
Friday, April 8
Moderator — Laura Fine
7:30a Registration, Bagels and Coffee
8:00 Welcome and Introductions
Speaker: Laura Fine, Attorney, Eugene
8:15 Lecture: Case Overview; Theme & Theory Development and What an Actor Knows
Speaker: Conor Huseby, Federal Public Defender, Portland
9:30 Lecture: Closing Argument
Speaker: Kasia Rutledge, Attorney, Portland
10:15 Break
10:25 We’re All in the Same Boat
10:40 Small Group Workshop on Closing Argument with Video Review
12:10p Lunch (included)
12:40 Demo: Closing Argument
Speaker: Gordon Mallon, Attorney, Lake Oswego
12:55 Lecture: Cross-Examination
Speaker: John Lentine, Birmingham, AL
1:40 Cross/Direct Drill & Pen Drill
• Leading question and the pen drill.
Speaker: Laura Fine, Attorney, Eugene
• Demonstrate the Cross/Direct drill.
Speaker: Laura Fine, Attorney, Eugene
1:55 Break
2:00 Cross-Examination drills workshop in small groups
2:30 Break
2:40 Demo: Cross-Examination, Including Controlling a Difficult Witness
Speaker: John Lentine
3:25 Demo and Lecture: Opening Statement
Demo: Jeni Feinberg, Attorney, Medford
Lecture: Steve Sherlag, Attorney, Portland
3:55 Adjourn for the day.
Saturday, April 9
Moderator — Rosalind Lee
8:00a Bagels and coffee
8:30 Small Group Workshop on Cross-Examination with Video Review
10:00 Break
10:05 Lecture: Demonstrative Evidence
Speaker: Joshua Cohen, Fat Pencil Studio, Portland
11:05 Voir Dire Lecture & Demo
Speaker: Lisa Ludwig, Attorney, Portland
12:05p Group photo.
12:15 Lunch (included)
12:45 Case Consultations
1:15 Small Group Workshop on Voir Dire with Video Review
3:15 Break
3:20 Small Groups — Closing Argument Demos
4:05 Break
4:10 Closing Remarks: Integration of Theme & Theory into Each Aspect of Trial
Speaker: Judge Rob Raschio, Grant County Circuit Court, Canyon City, OR
4:55 Adjourn.
Special Guest Faculty/Instructor— John Lentine, Birmingham, AL
Faculty / Instructors
Russell Barnett
Joshua Cohen
Ben Eder
Stephanie Engelsman
Jeni Feinberg
Laura Fine
Sara Foroshani
Conor Huseby
Westbrook Johnson
Reid Kajikawa
Ed Kroll
Rosalind Lee
Lisa Ludwig
Gordon Mallon
Bob Moon
Nicole Pritchard
Rob Raschio
Kyra Rohner
Justin Rosas
Kasia Rutledge
Steve Sherlag
Program, speakers and times subject to change.
Covid-19 Policy
The Board of Directors has decided that proof of vaccination and booster (if eligible) or a negative COVID-19 test result (at-home tests are NOT acceptable) pursuant to CDC guidelines will be required to attend this CLE and related events. Masks are required at this event except when participants are eating or drinking. OCDLA has discretion to modify this policy with the consent of attendees for academic-related reasons.
The Trial Skills College takes place at the new Public Defender Services of Lane County office:
180 East 11th Ave
LODGING
Graduate Eugene, 66 East 6th Ave, Eugene
$139/night
Call 844-888-4723 to make your lodging reservations and reference Group Code 040722OCDL. You may be on hold for a while. Or book online here.
You must book by March 29, 2022.
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Covid-19 Policy
The Board of Directors has decided that proof of vaccination and booster (if eligible) or a negative COVID-19 test result (at-home tests are NOT acceptable) pursuant to CDC guidelines will be required to attend this CLE and related events. Masks are required at this event except when participants are eating or drinking. OCDLA has discretion to modify this policy with the consent of attendees for academic-related reasons.
180 East 11th Ave
LODGING
Graduate Eugene, 66 East 6th Ave, Eugene
$139/night
Call 844-888-4723 to make your lodging reservations and reference Group Code 040722OCDL. You may be on hold for a while. Or book online here.
You must book by March 29, 2022.
_____
Covid-19 Policy
The Board of Directors has decided that proof of vaccination and booster (if eligible) or a negative COVID-19 test result (at-home tests are NOT acceptable) pursuant to CDC guidelines will be required to attend this CLE and related events. Masks are required at this event except when participants are eating or drinking. OCDLA has discretion to modify this policy with the consent of attendees for academic-related reasons.
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