July 15-18, 2025 (1:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET | 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. PT) via live Zoom Sessions | Draft Agenda
The Trial Skills Institute teaches and enhances the litigation skills of attorneys who represent survivors of domestic violence in contested hearings and trials. Working from a hypothetical fact pattern, participants perform closing arguments, give direct and cross examinations, lay evidentiary foundations, and practice impeachments in a series of online modules, and receive immediate feedback and constructive critique from expert faculty. Participants also have the opportunity to improve other skills, including case strategizing, verbal and nonverbal communication techniques, thinking quickly on their feet, and overcoming objections and other special challenges that may arise in the courtroom. As a result of participating in this virtual Institute, attorneys will gain confidence and improve their abilities to effectively represent their clients in order of protection and other family law cases.
- The Trial Skills Institute is open to attorneys only.
- Please note that this training is highly interactive and involves substantial preparation on your own time. We ask that you please plan to attend the entire program.
- There is no cost to attend this training.
- Priority will be given to OVW grantees.
- No CLE credits will be provided.
- Registration will remain open until July 1, 2025, or until the training has reached capacity.