Day 1

4:00 Check-in

7:00 Check-in closes to reopen Saturday morning

Day 2

7:45 Check-in / Continental Breakfast

8:45 Administrative Announcements

9:00 Lecture — Theory of Advocacy and Opening Statements 

9:45 Demonstration of Opening Statements

10:15 Critique

10:30 Travel Break 

10:45 Small Group Practice – Openings

(60-minute Lunch) 

2:30 Travel Break 

2:45 Lecture — Direct and Cross Examination

3:30 Lecture — Exhibits 

3:50 Demonstration of Direct and Closing

4:30 Critique

4:40 Brennan Awards Ceremony

5:40 Travel Break 

5:45 Cocktail Party with Faculty

6:45 Adjourn

Day 3

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Small Group Practice — Direct Examinations in sample case

(60-minute Lunch) 

2:30 Travel Break 

2:45 Persuasion from the Viewpoint of a Jury Expert with Q & A

4:00 Lecture — Closing Argument

4:45 Demonstration of Closing Argument

5:30 Critique

5:45 Distribution and Explanation of Final Trial

6:00 Adjourn

Day 4

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Small Group Practice — Closing argument, Opening argument, Direct and Cross-examination in sample case

11:45 Faculty assign witness and lawyer roles for afternoon

12:00 Lunch and Preparation for afternoon (Trial forms due)

1:30 Small Group Practice — Openings, Directs, Crosses, and Closing Argument in Final Case File             

Day 5

8:30 Continental Breakfast

9:00 Final trial assignments announced

9:30 Small Group Practice — All Aspects, Trial Preparation for Wednesday Morning trial and Lunch (60 minutes) 

2:00 Small Group Practice — All Aspects, Trial Preparation for Wednesday Afternoon trial

5:25 Travel Break

5:30 Strategy Session

6:00 Adjourn

Day 6

7:30 Continental Breakfast

8:00 Set up Courtroom for Final Trial 

8:30 Final Morning Trial (Hard stop at 12:15)

12:15 Box Lunch

Courtroom Setup

1:00 Final Afternoon Trial (Hard stop at 4:30)

4:30 Trial Preparation