California Trial Skills MCLE Courses

Explore the advantages of online focus groups in legal settings, focusing on design, execution, and analysis for effective jury simulations.

Explore the transformative impact of structured debriefing in trial law. Learn practical tools to enhance expertise, improve team dynamics, and optimize client outcomes.

Explore the role of visual presentations in litigation, focusing on creating persuasive narratives and reducing cognitive load for jurors.

There is a certain rhythm to the audit process, and it’s a very scary beat. In this presentation, I'll discuss the steps that most examinations begin and end with. We'll discuss eggshell audits, those audits where unbeknownst to the IRS at the start of the examination, the taxpayer has major criminal problems and what you can do to help shepherd your client through the pending storm. We'll also discuss the attorney-client privilege in the tax realm as well as the necessity to retain a Kovel accountant when there are underlying criminal tax issues that are lurking. Finally, we'll take a short digression into IRS Appeals.

Explore the intersection of psychology and law in witness preparation. Learn techniques to enhance credibility, manage stress, and improve communication for successful courtroom outcomes.

In part 2 of this course, attorneys will learn how to present a compelling story to the jury by employing tactics used in the theatre.

This program will help attorneys prepare for the inevitable crises in their practice, guiding them through the steps they should take before, during and after, and giving them valuable communication tips for dealing with colleagues, clients, and the media.

This course will provide concrete tools designed specifically to enhance the delivery of your opening statement and closing argument.

This presentation will provide you with creative tools for conducting cross-examination, reducing these techniques to simple, easy to apply rules that can be referred to before and during trial preparation.

This presentation will cover preparation for cross-examination, the three steps for impeachment, impeachment by omission, how to expose the lying witnesses, and more.

This program will teach lawyers how to interact with the media and benefit from free marketing without violating their ethical duties.

This course will provide further tools to enhance the delivery of your opening statement and closing argument.

This presentation will cover the preparation for cross-examination, focusing on impeachment by omission.

This presentation will help litigators understand the beats that all great stories go through. It will cover topics such as the importance of finding the tempo of the narrative pace, the rule of three's and how to apply it, and how to build suspense. These principles will enhance your ability to tell your client's story to the jury in a way that will leave an unforgettable impression.

This presentation will cover how storytelling can help lawyers to cut through all of the noise and distractions of everyday life in order to connect to the jury on a human level.

This program will instruct lawyers on how storytelling can help lawyers to cut through all of the noise and distractions of everyday life in order to connect to the jury on a human level.

This course will instruct attorneys on how to help their witness' stories more interesting, compelling, and credible.

This course will provide concrete tools designed specifically to enhance the delivery of your opening statement and closing argument.