24th Annual Litigation Skills Training Program

The program focuses on the practical skills an attorney needs to proceed in a contested hearing or trial in a fair housing case. Particular emphasis is place on trial advocacy techniques used in the direct and cross examination of witnesses, opening statements, and closing arguments. Each participant receives the case study material prior to the program and, along with another attorney, is assigned a client to represent. Participants are divided by their experience into small groups, where they are instructed by, and present their cases before, judges and attorneys.

This year participants will work on a new problem that involves intentional discrimination based on disability disparate impact, and reasonable accommodations and modifications.
The training is useful both for attorneys new to practice and the more experienced attorney who is seeking assistance in litigating fair housing cases. Therefore, both experienced and inexperienced attorneys will benefit from the program.

>>View the Litigation Skills Training Brochure Online

Instructors

• Christopher Brancart
• William C. Cregar
• Judge Deborah Myers-Cregar
• F. Willis Caruso
  

Dates and Times
Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Thursday, February 2, 2016: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Friday, February 3, 2016: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2016: 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cost
Program Fee: $800.00
Registration Deadline: Friday, January 6, 2017
A cancellation must be received by Friday, January 6, 2017, for a full refund.
Thereafter, a cancellation fee of $200 will incur.

CLE Credit
16.75 hours, including 1 hour Professional Ethics (pending approved)

Information Needed
Please email your resume and a summary of your experience to mchavez@jmls.edu. Briefly describe your litigation experience, both generally and specifically in fair housing, and how you plan to use the training, on a separate sheet of paper.

Training attendees are responsible for securing their own hotel reservations. We have reserved a block of rooms at a special rate at Club Quarters, Chicago, 111 W. Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

Call 212.575.0006 and mention The John Marshall Law School group code "JMS201" for your reservation and the program rate.

Reservations must be made by Monday, January 2, 2017, to receive the special program rate.