Georgia Trial Skills Clinic

The ICLE Georgia Trial Skills Clinic provides you, as the attendee, opportunities to perform in a realistic trial setting and receive advice necessary to develop and enhance your skills as a member of the trial bar from seasoned litigators and judges. For four days you will be on your feet,
arguing, questioning witnesses and generally developing your trial skills. You will work on a civil case and a criminal case. The course emphasizes trial techniques, rather than substantive law. You will be assigned problems and must be prepared to perform in the role of the trial counsel. Your performance will be videotaped. You will learn from the critiques offered by the mentors and fellow attendees, from demonstrations by faculty members and by reviewing the videotape of your own work.

Seminar Number 7124 Early Registration Fee: $495 On-Site Registration Fee: $515 CLE Hours 24 CLE Hours including 2 Ethics Hours, 2 Professionalism Hours and 12 Trial Practice Hours	Gary Christy Memorial GEORGIA TRIAL SKILLS CLINIC
	THURSDAY - SUNDAY June 25-28, 2009 The University of Georgia School of Law Athens, GA
	Co-Sponsors
	Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia General Practice and Trial Section, State Bar of Georgia Criminal Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
	Course Description
	The ICLE Georgia Trial Skills Clinic provides you, as the attendee, opportunities to perform in a realistic trial setting and receive advice necessary to develop and enhance your skills as a member of the trial bar from seasoned litigators and judges. For four days you will be on your feet, arguing, questioning witnesses and generally developing your trial skills. You will work on a civil case and a criminal case. The course emphasizes trial techniques, rather than substantive law. You will be assigned problems and must be prepared to perform in the role of the trial counsel. Your performance will be videotaped. You will learn from the critiques offered by the mentors and fellow attendees, from demonstrations by faculty members and by reviewing the videotape of your own work.
	About the Faculty Mentors
	Some of Georgia’s finest attorneys and judges will serve as mentors. Here are some of the expected mentors: Hon. Ronnie Joe Lane (Donalsonville) Hon. Stephen Boswell (Atlanta) Jeffrey Bogart (Atlanta) Joseph A. Fried (Atlanta) Bruce Harvey (Atlanta) Edwin Marger (Jasper) Michael Warshauer (Atlanta) Harvey Weitz (Savannah) Chuck Driebe (Jonesboro) Marc Davis (Atlanta) Diane Marger Moore (Jasper) Bryan Lavine (Atlanta) Buck Rogers (Atlanta) Jon McPhail (Atlanta) Alex Zipperer (Savannah) Charles C. Murphy, Jr. (Atlanta) Susan W. Cox (Statesboro) Natalie Wilkes (Atlanta) Hon. Neal Dickert (Augusta) Randy Kessler (Atlanta) Louis Polonsky (Atlanta) Steve Steele (Marietta) Rob Waller (Lawrenceville) Eric Hertz (Atlanta) and more...
	Attendance — Limited to 50
	The Georgia Trial Skills Clinic will be limited to fifty students on a “first-come” basis. If demand exceeds the space available for this program, a stand-by list will be maintained. No refunds will be made for cancellations later than June 8th, unless the Institute is able to substitute an alternate attendee from the stand-by list.
	Teaching Method and Student Commitment
	Team teaching is the principal method of instruction. The faculty for each section will consist of experienced trial attorneys and/or judges. Participants have the opportunity and the obligation to offer comments and criticism that will be useful to the professional development of their fellow attendees. In return, each attendee will receive the benefit of evaluations of his/her own performance by faculty members and fellow participants. We cannot emphasize enough the need for full commitment of your time for four days. Classes begin Thursday afternoon and meet all day Friday and Saturday, as well as Sunday morning. Evening preparation is required. It is the equivalent of preparing two cases for trial in four days. You will be expected to be prepared as an attorney for either side (with advance notice of specific assignments) of both cases in the materials. You will be provided, in advance, a full set of problems and case materials.
	Housing
	Housing information and a map of the downtown area will be sent to each attendee.
	Scholarships (Submit applications by May 22nd)
	The Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia is offering two full-tuition scholarships. Send a brief application via email to Mike Cranford at mike@maconlaw.com. (Applicants must be members of the Criminal Law Section.) The Family Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia is offering two full-tuition scholarships. Send a brief application via e-mail to Edward Coleman at edward@surrettcoleman.com The General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar is offering one full-tuition scholarship. Send a brief application via e-mail to Adam Malone at adamm@malonelaw.com Your application should put forth your best case for being awarded the particular scholarship. Application for a scholarship alone will not guarantee you a place at the seminar, so you may wish to consider sending in your registration fee even if you are applying for a scholarship. If you receive a scholarship, the amount of the scholarship will be refunded to you.