Trial Skills CLE Course Catalog

What is storytelling and why is it so important for all lawyers – litigators, transactional and in-house lawyers – to do it well in service of their clients? Experienced appellate lawyer and advocacy teacher at the UC Irvine School of Law Peter Afrasiabi shares the secrets of storytelling that you can help make you an even more compelling and credible advocate for your clients in any fora and when it matters most.

Panelists, comprised of a litigator and an expert witness, will discuss the attorney-expert witness relationship from both perspectives.

Join the discussion to learn about establishing credibility, communicating a trial theme, using charts or graphs and developing a chronology of events.

Join our expert panelists as they examine examples of cognitive illusions and how best to ensure that settlement and trial decisions are based on social science and not just one's gut.

To succeed as a trial lawyer, you need to know how to take and defend depositions. In this program, you will learn essential deposition skills, including how to avoid common pitfalls in taking and defending depositions, and how to make the most of deposition transcripts before and during trial.

Seasoned attorneys will address tips and strategies for the effective use of expert witnesses.

This program focuses on practical issues, like what the jury trial will look like, how to reach remote communities to ensure fair participation, and examines the lawyers' and judges' roles.

3D animations are some of the most powerful pieces of evidence available to attorneys today. They have the power to turn the complex into the simple, leaving jurors who spend their daily lives devouring visual content with a lasting memory of key arguments and evidence.

Criminal trial proceedings will continue to evolve on a remote or "virtual" basis. What will those trials look like in the future? What constitutional challenges will jury trials face? This first part will address these and other issues.