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Transform Your Public Speaking and Presentation Skills at Hearings, Mediations, and Trials 2026

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  • Start Date:2026-07-27 09:00:00
  • End Date:2026-07-27 12:15:00
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  • Level:Intermediate
  • Topics:Professional Skills

$329.00 ProPass

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This program is eligible for 3 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 3.6 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.

Overview

The most persuasive advocates do more than present facts—they tell a compelling story, earn credibility, and move their audience to action. Whether you're appearing before a judge, mediator, arbitrator, or jury, your ability to communicate can make all the difference.

This dynamic program delivers practical strategies to elevate your oral advocacy immediately. Learn how to present with confidence, connect authentically, and persuade more effectively—while developing the skills that will continue to strengthen your advocacy throughout your career.

Shane Read teaches you:

  • How to overcome the fear of public speaking: Sure-fire tips to becoming a more confident and effective speaker.
  • The Seven Principles of Public Speaking: Great trial lawyers and oral advocates use these. Now you can, too.
  • Gestures and Delivery: Why gesturing is important and how to avoid common pitfalls.
  • How to Tell a Compelling Story and Use Insights from Brain Science to Persuade: Learn how to use the latest findings from brain science to immediately elevate your persuasion skills as you develop a compelling story to tell.
  • How to Use Effective Visual Aids: Avoid death by PowerPoint and learn how visual aids can dramatically boost your success rate.
  • What You can Learn from the Master Orators in History: Learn the strategies that the best lawyers are using to win under the national spotlight at trial and appellate oral arguments.

Shane Read shows you how to create better content, better delivery, and achieve better results.

Meet One of the Nation's Top Advocacy Trainers
Shane Read is one of the nation's leading authorities on trial advocacy and persuasion. A former Assistant U.S. Attorney, acclaimed speaker, award-winning author, and longtime law professor, he has helped thousands of attorneys sharpen their courtroom skills and achieve better results through more powerful advocacy.

Faculty

D. Shane Read, Esq.

Shane Read is a nationally recognized expert who has helped thousands of lawyers throughout the USA and Europe transform their deposition, trial, and oral advocacy skills through his consultations, training programs, and keynote speeches. Shane is also a former Assistant United States Attorney in Washington, D.C., and Dallas, Texas, where he has tried over 100 civil and criminal cases and has served as lead counsel for 22 oral arguments before appellate courts. He has been an adjunct professor in trial advocacy since 1999 at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. Shane is an analyst for Courtroom View Network. He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of Texas School of Law. Shane has written several bestselling and award-winning textbooks on litigation skills and persuasion. Two of his textbooks have won the Association of Continuing Legal Education’s top honor for Professional Excellence. Another of his textbooks received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, a designation given to only two percent of Kirkus-reviewed books. His textbooks are used in law schools throughout the USA. For more information about Shane Read, his consulting practice, his books, or to sign up for his free newsletter on litigation tips, go to www.shaneread.com.

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