Inns of Court 2016-17 Program Schedule
9/20/16 Group 1 How Good Lawyers Get In Trouble (Speaker Gina Hendryx)
Judge Golden
10/18/16 Group 2 Effective Depositions
Judge Wall
11/15/16 Group 3 Effective Motion Briefing and Argument
Judge Glassco
12/13/16 Holiday Party Speaker to be determined by Judge Wall
1/17/17 Group 4 Voir Dire for State and Federal Court
Judge Drummond
2/21/17 Group 5 Opening Statements and Closing Arguments
Judge Frizzell
3/21/17 Group 6 Direct Examination and Cross-Examination
Judge Thygesen
4/18/17 Group 7 Expert Witnesses on Direct and Cross
Judge Ludi Leitch
5/16/17 Joint Inns of Court Meeting - Hudson Hall Wheaton Chapter and Council Oak/Johnson-Sontag Chapter (Approximate date of Banquet)
Programs should include discussion of both civil and criminal trial practice, in state and federal court.
Each group is responsible to hold two meetings, during which the group should:
-Identify one or more speakers to present a discussion on their topic totaling approximately 30 minutes and someone to recruit the speaker(s)
-Assign someone to research and introduce the speaker(s)
-Prepare questions for the speaker to last approximately 20 minutes of program time
-Prepare a paper or research materials of at least ten pages on the topic
Speakers or groups can use brief illustrations of a particular practice or technique as part of their presentation, such as a short direct examination of an expert or voir dire of mock jurors. In order to save preparation time and provide a more realistic presentation it is suggested that such not be scripted, but rather than a simple fact scenario taken from an actual life experience can be used (such as a car wreck or fall in which the witness was involved).