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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