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About

Learn from top litigators who will inspire you to achieve your own greatness.

When you make your mark in the legal field, you blaze a trail for others to follow. In this exciting, new program, a panel of strong, successful female lawyers who have paved their own paths as litigators share tips, strategies and personal challenges and triumphs to help you achieve your own confidence and success as a trial lawyer.

Whether you are male or female; whether you litigate, mediate, settle, or simply counsel face to face, your confidence in your ability to succeed at trial empowers you to be a more influential advocate for your client.

Pre-trial preparations--Preparation is the foundation of success; go beyond the basic steps and understand:  

  • How your actions may be promoting or impeding your litigation style
  • How taking  initiative in the pre-trial process will increase your confidence and poise you for a move to first or second chair
  • The art of taking depositions—understanding their purpose and how your questions and the tone with which you ask them are perceived by jurors. 

Your opening--What do you say? How should you say it? The answers to these questions are crucial to your entire case. Learn how to:

  • Tell a good story
  • Develop strategy: attacking immediately vs holding your fire 
  • Connect with the jury

The Closing--the facts during trial come from the witnesses, but the closing argument belongs entirely to the lawyer.

  • What to include
  • Length and style
  • Don’t ignore the negative: Addressing the weak points

Direct Examinationstrategies to ensure that jurors hear, understand, and remember the facts 

  • Witness selection
  • Preparing and practicing
  • Using demonstrative evidence
  • Crafting questions that yield the desired answers

Cross Examination – understanding its purpose, deciding whether it’s necessary, and how to conduct it.

  • Preparing for cross examination
  • Knowing when to quit
  • Questioning an uncooperative witness

How Juries See You - Jurors not only judge cases, they are also judging you! Dr. Jill Huntley Taylor, a trial consultant, will discuss:

  • Positive and negative perceptions
  • What you can do to cast yourself and your clients in the most favorable light
  • Her tips to help you best represent your client

Building mentoring relationships

All attendees will receive the course book as a digital download. A printed copy of the course book is available, at a discount to attendees, for $40. Additional copies are available at full price. If you wish to purchase the printed version of the course book, please call PBI Customer Service at 800-932-4637. Printed versions of the course book will not be distributed at the course; please allow up to two weeks after the program for the printed versions of the course book to be shipped.

Recorded in August 2020.

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Faculty

NameFirm/Company
Jennifer S. Coatsworth Esq. Margolis Edelstein (Phila)
Nancy Conrad Esq. White and Williams LLP (Lehigh Valley)
Bethann R Lloyd Esq.
Sharon R. Lopez Esq. Triquetra Law
Jill Huntley Taylor PhD Dispute Dynamics, Inc.
Judge Stella M. Tsai Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
Faculty may vary by location.
PBI reserves the right to substitute speakers at all programs.
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