Do you want to run through your courtroom skills? Do you want to learn from elite litigators, watching demonstrations and then practicing skills with constructive feedback?
Join seminar chair Honourable Judge J.L. Dixon and panel experts at the 34th Annual Intensive Advocacy program to explore every aspect of trials and hearings in a week-long workshop!
Darren Reed, one of the course presenters, explains how this program benefits litigators at all skill levels:
Whether you’re a seasoned lawyer or just out of the gate, this course will help you hone your skills, remind you of what you can do better, or just simply lay the foundation for you to become a persuasive advocate.”
Jointly offered by LESA and the University of Calgary Faculty of Law, this workshop is the most intensive advocacy skills course for litigators in Western Canada; it includes up-to-date tips and advice, applicable to both simple cases and complicated litigation.
You’ll learn how to examine-in-chief, cross-examine, object to improper questions, enter exhibits, as well as qualify, lead, and cross-examine expert witnesses. You’ll hone your advanced direct examination and cross-examination skills, review how to impeach a witness, and explore how to effectively open your case and argue persuasively during closing arguments.
But don’t just take our word for it. We spoke to Tim Mavko, one of the Intensive Advocacy faculty, for a sneak peak on what you’ll experience in this workshop.
This is a skills course. Over an intense and packed week you will learn the skills you need to run a trial or administrative hearing: how to introduce your case through your opening statement, how to effectively examine and cross-examine witnesses, how to introduce exhibits, how to present and oppose experts, and how to wrap it all up with a compelling closing argument. We have broken these skills down into their essential parts. At the end of the week, you will run your own trial or hearing.”
The final assignment of the course is a trial staged at the Calgary Courts Centre before Queen’s Bench and Provincial Court Judges, where you choose to conduct a civil trial, criminal trial, or an administrative hearing.
Intensive Advocacy enrolment is limited, and there are only a few spots still remaining. Register online now to attend the 34th Intensive Advocacy program in Calgary (June 13–18).
