Seminar Will Teach Courtroom Skills

The Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) will present a CLE seminar titled Courtroom Skills Workshop 2008.

The program will take place on Tuesday, February 12 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the LACBA Executive Presentations Mock Courtroom, 281 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles.

The first part of the program consists of lecture and demonstration, covering, among other things, how to call and excuse witnesses, mark exhibits, lay evidentiary foundations, make and respond to evidentiary objections, use demonstrative evidence (including location diagrams), impeach witnesses, and move exhibits into evidence. The second part of the program is a workshop where participants practice the skills covered in Part 1 and receive constructive feedback on their performance.

Speakers for the session are still to be announced.

For information on registration fees and Cle credits, see the Bulletin Board on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.

For reservations, call (213) 896-6560 or visit www.lacba.org.