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COVID-19 Considerations
All in-person programs will be conducted in compliance with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19 to protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of participants and their family members. In addition, proof of full vaccination (2 weeks after the last dose of vaccine before attending the course) will be required for all students attending TLC’s in-person programs in 2022.
We respect those who do not choose to be vaccinated and encourage attendance at one of our Virtual Seminars instead.
Scholarships
Scholarships are available based on financial need and may be requested during the registration process for any course.
TRIAL SKILLS SEMINARS
“The best legal education course I have ever taken – wildly different from anything else being taught.” – TLC course attendee
Taught by accomplished faculty teams of TLC-trained experienced trial attorneys as well as behavioral and communications experts. These courses are “hands-on” experiences. Students will learn TLC methods by doing, not suffering through endless lectures. If you want more general information about TLC and our courses, please click here.
Discover the Story of Your Case
At this 3-day Seminar in Newport Beach, California, on April 22-24, 2022, you will learn the TLC methods necessary to discover the winning story. You will learn how to tap into your own power to bring these stories to life in the courtroom.
April 22-24, 2022
Hyatt Regency, Newport Beach, CA
Faculty team: Milton Grimes & Rosa Eliades
CLE Accreditation.
Proof of full Covid-19 vaccination. Indoor masking is required of all participants.
Tuition (Does not include Lodging): $1,850.00
Voir Dire
Trial Lawyers College is excited to present its Voir Dire Seminar in partnership with the Thomas Kline School of Law at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 18-20, 2022. TLC is the trailblazer of this method of jury selection, in which you will learn how to identify the danger points in your cases, to reframe them into points of power, and how to approach potential jurors as an inclusive, rather than exclusive, process.
February 18-20, 2022
Canopy Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Leader: John Sloan
CLE Accreditation.
Tuition (Does not include Lodging): $1,850.00
Opening Statement
TLC has developed a compelling and unique approach to Opening Statement. Faculty lead Milton Grimes describes Opening Statement as “the sum of all the parts of trial (with light argument built in, cross and direct, soliloquy, reenactment, and voir dire), that will leave the jury wanting to find a way to help your client.”
Due to concerns relating to Covid-19, this course has been cancelled for 2022
Direct Examination
The key to direct examination, as in every element of the trial, is to help the juror emotionally connect to the story. Your job in direct exam is to bring out the feeling that drives the witness’ story … and help the witness tell their story around that feeling.
October 27-30, 2022
Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, Leavenworth, WA
Faculty Leaders: Paco Duarte, Connie Henderson
CLE Accreditation.
Proof of full Covid-19 vaccination at least 2 weeks prior to the course, and indoor masking is required of all participants.
Tuition (Includes Lodging): $1,850.00
Cross-Examination
Cross-examination is simply storytelling in another form. Cross-examination is the time in a trial in which we tell our story to the jury though the adverse witnesses and, in the process, test the validity of the witness’s story against our own.
February 18-20, 2022
Alyeska Resort, Girdwood, AK
Faculty Leaders: Maren Chaloupka and Sean Brown
CLE Accreditation.
Proof of full Covid-19 vaccination at least 2 weeks prior to the course, and indoor masking is required of all participants.
Tuition (Does not include Lodging): $1,850.00
Final Argument
Our Closing Argument Seminar at Mo Ranch outside of Hunt, Texas on January 21-23, 2022 will teach civil trial lawyers how to transfer death, pain and loss into an adequate money award; and for the criminal defense lawyers, how your client can win by an honest attack against dishonest cops and betraying prosecutors.
Due to concerns relating to Covid-19, this course has been cancelled for 2022
Trial Skills Foundation
Experience has taught us that the greater an attorney’s understanding of the self, the deeper the attorney can understand clients, opposing counsel, judges and, ultimately, the jurors. Surrounded by the beauty of the Colorado Rockies, this seminar taught from August 7-14, 2022 will give students the opportunity to learn about themselves in ways that will help them become more effective trial lawyers as they fight and seek justice.
August 7 – August 14, 2022
YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, CO
Faculty Leaders-Co-leaders: Jim Leach and Steven Demik.
CLE Accreditation.
Proof of full Covid-19 vaccination at least 2 weeks prior to the course, and indoor masking is required of all participants.
Tuition: $1,799.00
The Courage to Ask: The Psychodrama of Money and Freedom in the Courtroom
This groundbreaking new Trial Lawyers College program speaks to the civil lawyer’s anxiety about “asking for the money” from juries at trial, as well as to the criminal defense lawyer’s need to address money with jurors in financial crimes cases (and with clients themselves).
March 25 – April 1, 2022
Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, Leavenworth, WA
Faculty Leaders: Tom Metier, Vicki Slater, Andy Vickery
CLE Accreditation.
Proof of full Covid-19 vaccination at least 2 weeks prior to the course, and indoor masking is required of all participants.
Tuition (Includes Lodging): $2,099.00
Indigent Representation Seminar
Please check back for details
CLE Accreditation.
The Indigent Representation Seminar, open to criminal defense and civil lawyers alike, will be held at a different location once/year (pending Covid restrictions). This course will likely be held virtually, over the course of several sessions. Details will be coming in early 2022.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE SEMINAR
This week-long TLC seminar will equip you with the critical skills Criminal Defense lawyers need for all phases of major felony and death penalty trials, where everything is on the line for LIFE, DEATH AND FREEDOM. This course will help you access your individual unique selves in order to discover the story of your clients’ cases, develop honest defenses and perfect your performance during the most critical trial skills including voir dire, opening statement, direct, cross-examination and final argument. And you will learn how to apply the TLC methods of mitigation in the penalty phases of your cases. Hands-on, small group work on cases will make your newly-learned methods readily accessible in the courtroom. Join us, and learn how to win justice for your client.
In Defense of the Damned
This TLC seminar on criminal defense held from July 10-17, 2022 will equip you with the critical skills you need for all phases of your most difficult trials, where everything is on the line for LIFE, DEATH AND FREEDOM. This course is designed for lawyers currently representing clients facing serious felony charges in active cases.
July 10 – July 17, 2022
Embassy Suites, Montgomery AL
Faculty Leader: Greg Westfall
CLE Accreditation.
Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required.
Tuition: $1,899.00
TLC FLAGSHIP 3-WEEK COLLEGES
*Please note: Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. Admission decisions are made by the board at one time and notifications will be sent within a 6-weeks of the application deadline.
3-Week College
October 1-24
The YMCA of the Rockies
Estes Park, Colorado
CLE Accreditation.
Tuition: $4,250.00
TLC GRAD COURSES
*Graduate programs are by application only due to demand, with a diverse mix of both civil and criminal defense students admitted. If you registered and were accepted for one of the 2020 Grad programs that was cancelled due to Covid-19, you will need to fill out a new application for either of the 2021 Grad programs.
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Grad 1 will be taking a break in 2022 – please consider registering for another course this year.
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August 20-27, 2022
The YMCA of the Rockies
Estes Park, Colorado
Faculty Leader: Maren Chaloupka
CLE Accreditation.
Proof of full Covid-19 vaccination at least 2 weeks prior to the course, and indoor masking is required of all participants.
Tuition(includes lodging): $1,899.00