Classes
As the University will operate on a modified schedule today, we will observe the following schedule.

9:00 –10:00 a.m.
Work remote independently

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Small group practice (Classrooms)
Lunch (60 minutes, Scotts Common)

1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Strategy session and trial assignments (Caplin Auditorium) Saltzburg

1:30 – 1:40 p.m.
Travel Break

1:40 – 3:40 p.m.
Small Group Practice, all aspects
Trial Preparation for Wednesday morning trials

3:40 – 5:40 p.m.
Small Group Practice, all aspects
Trial Preparation for Wednesday afternoon trials

If you need assistance
Virginia CLE staff members are stationed in the lower lobby of the Kimpton Forum Hotel in or just outside the Casa 88 meeting room.

  • Kim Villio
    434-531-6952

  • Deanna McGlothlin
    434-242-5541

Inclement
Weather Notice
Jan 7, 2025

Please check here for schedule updates.

Schedule 2025

To download a printable PDF of the schedule, click here.

Friday, January 3

4:00 Check-in — Caplin Auditorium Foyer

7:00 Check-in closes to reopen Saturday morning

Saturday, January 4        

7:45 Check-in / Continental Breakfast — Caplin Auditorium Foyer   

8:45 Administrative Announcements — Caplin Auditorium 

9:00 Lecture — Theory of Advocacy and Opening Statements — Saltzburg   

9:45 Demonstration of Opening Statements (Rogers case file)  (P) Keenan (D) Harless 

10:15 Critique — Saltzburg 

10:30 Travel Break 

10:45 Small Group Practice – Openings (Rogers case file)

(60-minute Lunch) 

2:30 Travel Break 

2:45 Lecture — Direct and Cross Examination — Saltzburg 

3:30 Lecture — Exhibits — Mary Lynn Tate 

3:50 Demonstration of Direct and Closing – Jane Clark (P) Tomasik (D) Bunting  

4:30 Critique — Saltzburg 

4:40 Brennan Awards Ceremony — Caplin Auditorium 

5:40 Travel Break 

5:45 Cocktail Party with Faculty — Caplin Pavilion

6:45 Adjourn

Sunday, January 5 

8:30 Continental Breakfast — Caplin Auditorium Foyer

9:00 Small Group Practice — Direct Examinations in Rogers

(60-minute Lunch) 

2:30 Travel Break 

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

4:00 Lecture — Closing Argument — Ivey

4:45 Demonstration of Closing Argument — (P) Howdershell (D) Howard

5:30 Critique — Saltzburg 

5:45 Distribution and Explanation of Final Trial

6:00 Adjourn

 

Monday, January 6  

8:30 Continental Breakfast — Caplin Auditorium Foyer 

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

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             

Tuesday, January 7 

8:30 Continental Breakfast — Caplin Auditorium Foyer 

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 — Caplin Auditorium — Saltzburg 

6:00 Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 8 

7:30 Continental Breakfast — Caplin Auditorium Foyer 

8:00 Set up Courtroom for Final Trial 

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

12:15 Box Lunch — Caplin Pavilion, upstairs

Courtroom Setup

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

4:30 Trial Preparation