CLE & Training
Our consultants are frequent speakers at CLE programs and legal conferences, and we bring the same programs to your firm.
Ways to work with us
Lunch-time CLE for firms
A CLE program presented at your firm, on a jury topic that fits your practice.
Hands-on voir dire training
Practice-based training in voir dire and jury selection for your trial team, one on one or as a group.
Bar associations and conferences
Speakers and panelists for national, state and local bar and trial lawyer associations, and guest lectures at law schools and universities.
Judges and courts
Programs for judicial conferences and new judges, and consulting to courts, including a model juror questionnaire prepared for the Northern District of California.
Program topics
Recent programs by NJP consultants include:
- Appealing to Jurors and Understanding their Reactions
- Beyond Death Qualification: Issues in Capital Cases
- Challenges for Cause
- Damages: Telling Your Story
- Demonstrative Evidence
- Diversity in Communication and Storytelling
- Effective Presentation Techniques for Women in the Courtroom
- Elimination of Bias
- Expert Witness Credibility
- Factors Driving Decision Making in Intellectual Property Cases
- Generations X and Y and Their Influence in the Jury Box
- How Cultural Differences Shape Perceptions in the Workplace and Courtroom
- How to Select a Jury Not Afraid of Damages
- How Will the Economic Downturn Affect Your Jury?
- Jurors in the Digital Age
- Jury Research Methods
- Jury Selection Decisions for New Judges
- Jury Selection in an Era of Dwindling Voir Dire
- Jury Selection in Eminent Domain Cases
- Jury Selection in Employment Cases
- Minimizing the Impact of Problem Clients
- Mock Jurors Real Attitudes: Employment Cases
- Nuts and Bolts of Jury Selection in Federal Court
- Persuasion in the 21st Century: Getting Jurors to Respond to Your Themes
- Picking the Right Jury in your Insurance Case
- Plaintiff’s Approach to Product Liability Litigation
- Post-Trial Interviews
- Premises Liability from Discovery to Verdict
- Pulling the Curtain Back on Jury Selection: An Interactive Seminar
- Technological Change and the Courts
- Terrorism Defense and Post-9/11 Racial Bias Issues
- Training for Criminal Practice
- Trial Preparation for Employment Litigation
- Trying a Case to a Jury During Hard Times
- Voir Dire Do’s and Don’ts
- Whiny Plaintiffs or Heartless Defendant: Juror Attitudes towards Disability Cases
- You Talkin’ To Me? Practical Tips for Communicating With Your Jury
- Selecting a Jury in 2022
- Benefits of Mock Trials and Focus Groups
- Cause Challenges
- 10 Reasons to Do Online Focus Groups Even After Covid
- Preparing Witnesses for Remote and Live Depositions
- Technology Use in Focus Groups and Jury Selection
- Trial Skills Boot Camp
- Winning the Battle of the Experts
- Online Investigation of Jurors
- On the Money: Presenting Your Strongest Damages Case
Where we have spoken
NJP consultants have been featured speakers and panelists for national legal and social science organizations and their local affiliates, including:
- American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA)
- American Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- American Corporate Counsel Association
- American Law Institute
- American Society of Trial Consultants
- American Psychology Association
- American Psychology-Law Society
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Attorneys General Office
- Bridgeport Continuing Education
- European Association of Psychology & Law
- Federal Public Defenders
- Forensic Expert Witness Association
- Inns of Court
- Law Education Institute
- Legal Aid Society
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National Business Institute
- National College of Advocacy (AAJ)
- National Conference on Women and Law
- National DUI Conference
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- Public Defenders Trial College
- United States District Court New Judge Orientation
Start with a conversation.
Most engagements begin with a short call about your case, your venue, and your trial date. No budget is too small to talk.
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