From the First Phone Call to the Eve of Trial: The Practical Lawyering Skills No One Learns In Law School - On Demand

  The skills that make a trial lawyer successful are neither instinctive nor taught in law school. There is a learning curve every trial lawyer must work through, and skills are often acquired piecemeal through painful trial and error. Every young lawyer needs mentors to navigate the cross-currents of preparing a case for trial. Elden Rosenthal, one of Oregon’s most successful and distinguished trial lawyers, is offering a three-session CLE course based on his recently published book, The Plaintiff Lawyer’s Playbook, to assist trial lawyers with their development of real world skills.  The three sessions will follow the general course of handling a case: Session I  Establishing a successful relationship with your client, prefiling investigations, and selecting the parties and pleading.  Session II  Formal discovery, how to prepare yourself and your client for deposition, and how to maximize the usefulness of discovery.  Session III  The dos and don’ts of hiring experts, using focus gr