Illinois MCLE - Trial Skills Courses
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Criminal Defense Strategies: How Former Prosecutors Use Mitigation Information to Defend the Accused
This CLE course will provide an overview on how to humanize your criminal defense clients for prosecutors and the Court. First, we will cover how to obtain and use mitigation information early in the case to help negotiate or advocate for your clients with prosecutors. Next, we will cover the use of mitigating factors and mitigating information to present to the court at sentencing should your client be convicted or plead guilty. Both strategies are very similar, and the information used can b... More Info
$501General Credit -
Police Liability Under Section 1983: Critical Steps for the Trial Lawyer
Whether you are on the plaintiff’s or the defense side, you must engage in critical decision making through the life of a case. Be ready for the challenge. This practical webinar will take you through a high exposure death case and fifteen critical decisions you and your opponent will have to make, including: Case selection for the plaintiff. Discovery issues and expert retention for both sides. Timing and contents for dispositive motions Best time to talk settlement. Pretrial moti... More Info
$751.5General Credits -
Taking and Defending Depositions During COVID and Beyond
Taking and defending depositions are necessary skills for the litigation attorney. Yet, the pandemic has created challenges requiring additional strategic and practical considerations. During the program, Ken Moltner will discuss the deposition process from both the plaintiff's and defense's perspectives, with a focus on the practical aspects, including: preparation; objections; New York state Court Rules and the use of experts. More Info
$751.75General Credits -
A Trial Attorney's Strategy on How to Convince a Jury
This CLE lecture is prepared to assist the trial attorney in how to convince jurors that they should vote in favor of his/her client. It will provide you with “approaches”; “techniques”; and “lines” that you can utilize to aid you in winning your case; how to cross examine a witness in such a way so as to lead the witness to believe that his response is bad for your case when, in fact, it is helpful. This presentation will show how to appeal to the juror’s sentiments, by the use o... More Info
$751.5General Credits -
Trial Preparation Skills: Personal Injury Cases
Preparation is the key to success for any trial. While the judge, jury, your adversary and your client get to see you in action during the trial, it is the time spent before the trial, developing your theory, dissecting the evidence, preparing your witnesses and shaping your opening and closing statements that will determine your success. Trial preparation begins from the day the case is retained. Honing in early on the theory of your case will enable you to move the case efficiently... More Info
$501.25General Credits -
Effective Appellate Advocacy
To be an effective Appellate Advocate, Attorneys must not only be able to navigate the changing rules of the appellate courts, but must also think strategically and communicate persuasively. This CLE course will reframe the role of the Appellate Advocate as a Partner to handling Attorneys. This presentation will provide strategies for evaluating potential appeals, writing appeals and arguing before the Appellate courts. More Info
$501General Credit -
Be Prepared! A Survey of Trial Preparation for Lawyers
A Survey of Preparation for Trial, focusing on Organizational Concepts. This CLE course is designed for younger lawyers, especially those who are approaching their first trial. The material covers the ethical obligation of a lawyer to be prepared, the various stages of preparation, and the preparation of the trial notebook. The course will discuss what a practitioner should have in his or her file, what he should do with it, and how to organize it. More Info
$751.5General Credits -
I Don’t Have Time to Manage My Time: Secrets to Enhanced Work Performance
“Time Management” is a myth. The reality is that no matter how organized we are, there are always only 24 hours in a day. Time doesn't change. The key is to manage ourselves with the time we have. We need to look to attack the time bandits; in other words, eliminate time wasters that steal time we could be using much more productively. One detailed study reported that 84% of people admit to wasting (not effectively utilizing) 30 minutes to 2 hours a day. In this CLE session, we pro... More Info
$501General Credit -
The Complex Homicide Prosecution: A Case Study of the Trial of Ted Bundy’s Last Murder
This CLE presentation traces Bundy’s criminal activity from his jail break in Colorado to his arrest in Florida. It describes the investigation of his last murder, and gives a step-by-step account of how the prosecution assembled and presented the case. We critique the lawyers’ performances and make suggestions for how to better handle future high-profile murder cases. More Info
$751.5General Credits -
Aggressive Presentation of Medical Evidence, and Other Trial Tips from a Veteran Defense Lawyer
In this CLE presentation, a veteran personal injury defense lawyer shares his belief that jurors really try hard to do the right thing, and this means they base their decisions on the EVIDENCE. The case is made for aggressively calling treating doctors, nurses, and other medical providers to testify about critical chart entries bearing on liability, proximate cause, and damages. The benefit of getting medical evidence in through the original author versus an expert is discussed, as w... More Info
$501.25General Credits