ABA Boot Camp Training Program
On July 9th and 10th the Litigation Section of the ABA presented its annual two-day trial "boot camp" training program in Chicago. The program was sold out, with forty participants. Young attorneys should consider signing up early for next year's program, scheduled for July 8-9, 2010, in Chicago. Click here for the full agenda of the 2009 program, which should be similiar to next year's.
Day 1 – Thursday, July 9, 2009
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Opening Remarks: Introductions - Judge Drummond; Ruth Bahe-Jachna; Paul Mark Sandler
8:45 – 9:30 a.m.
Discussion of Case Analysis, Themes Strategy – Paul Mark Sandler and Ruth Bahe-Jachna
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Lecture: Opening Statements - Dean JoAnne Epps
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Demonstration of Opening Statements – Plaintiff - Bob Clifford / Defense - Judge Drummond
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Critique of Opening Statements - Leader: Ronald Marmer
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Lecture on Direct Examination -Terence MacCarthy
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Demonstration on Direct Examination of Lola Reed, Jeanne Rhee
12:00 – 12:15 p.m.
Critique of Direct Examination: Ronald Marmer
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Lecture – Great Trials and Great Trial Lawyers - James Brosnahan
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Workshop –Direct Examination of Witnesses (Participants perform in small groups and view video tape)
3:30 – 3:45 pm. Break
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Lecture on Cross-Examination - Terence MacCarthy
4:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Demonstration of Cross-Examination of Patricia Williams, Paul Mark Sandler
5:15 – 5:30 p.m.
Critique on Cross-Examination, Lorna Schofield
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Reception – Outdoor Terrace, 11th Floor
Day 2 – Friday, July 10, 2009
7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Faculty Meeting
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Workshop –Cross Examination of Fact Witnesses
(Participants perform in small groups, and view video tape)
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Demonstration of Direct Examination of Lola Reed - Mark Neubauer
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Demonstration of Cross-Examination of Lola Reed - Ruth Bahe-Jachna
10:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Critique on Direct and Cross-Examination – Leader: Lorna Schofield
11:15 – 12:00 p.m.
Lecture – The Trial Lawyer’s Ethics, Civility, and Professionalism - Edward Waller
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Lecture - Jury Consultant JoEllan Dimitrius
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Lecture on Closing Argument - Judge Mark Drummond
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Demonstration on Closing Arguments
Plaintiff - Peter Ostroff
Defense - Julianne Farnsworth
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Critique of Closing Arguments – Leaders: Bob Rothman and Steve Landsman
2:45- 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Workshop-Closing Arguments
(Participants perform in small groups, and view video tape)
4:30 – 4:50 p.m.
Lecture - The Art of Persuasion - Paul Mark Sandler
4:50 – 5:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Maryland Discovery Problems and Solutions
