Center For Practice

Upcoming 2009-10 CLE Workshops

Counseling Clients for Keeps: With Clarity, Candor & Connection through Bad News and Good
December 3, 2009
(8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)


Lawyers Present ... So Present Well
December 3, 2009
(1:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.)


Writing Legally: Judge Painter's Rules for Plain Legal Writing
December 4, 2009
(8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)


Client Troubles? It's Time for Psychiatric Advice
Weaver Institute for Law & Psychiatry/Center for Practice CLE Event
December 18, 2009
(8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)


Making Mediators Workshop
(2 Thursday Evenings & 2 Fridays)
Spring Semester
Dates to be determined


Past 2009-10 CLE Workshops

Actor's Directions for Award Winning Trial Performance
Four Fall Tuesday Evenings


Writing Legally: Judge Painter's Rules for Plain Legal Writing
October 2, 2009
(8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)


Upcoming Competitions for Students

Check back for more information on the upcoming competitions.

Four Fall Tuesday Evenings — Session 2

Actor’s Directions for Award Winning Trial Performance 
A Four Evening CLE Series “Starring”
Rocco Dal Vera
Professor of Drama at UC’s College Conservatory of Music
Acclaimed Actor, Voice and Speech Coach, and Author
At the University of Cincinnati College of Law
Second Evening: September 22, 2009
5:30 – 9:00 p.m. (including sandwich supper)
Direction On Direct:
Plotting Story, Character Development & Jury Judgment

Agenda

5:30 – 5:45    Introduction: Soliloquies and Sandwiches

5:45 – 7:15   Of Witnesses, Plots, Subplots, Scripts, and Style

7:15 – 7:30    Break

7:30 – 9:00    In the Moment, In Tune, and In Command

Professor Rocco Dal Vera will present and demonstrate acting, movement and vocal techniques and provide feedback, Professor Marjorie Corman Aaron will facilitate discussion of attorneys’ perspectives.

Click here for the agenda.