Trial Lawyer Skills Workshop (7862): This 2-day, 1-unit workshop offers law students the opportunity to practice trial advocacy and oral argument skills in a low-stakes setting. Four different workshops will run: oral argument, deposition, cross examination, and direct examination. Stanford Law alums working as plaintiffs' attorneys will serve as workshop facilitators and will offer specific, concrete feedback to students. Stanford Law alums will also provide demonstrations of openings and closings, and students will have the opportunity to learn about their practices throughout. Students of all levels of familiarity with trial and oral argument are welcome. The goal is to provide students the opportunity to practice, and every opportunity to practice improves skills. Students will have the opportunity to select into workshop groups based on level of familiarity. Some preparation ahead of time will be required, but the course's overarching aim is just to get students on their feet. In addition to Shanin Specter, facilitators (subject to change) include: Rich Bridgford (Bridgford Law), Nathan Werksman (Merson Law), Patrick Ntchobo (Edelson), Hannah Matsunaga (Davis Levin Levingston), Rachel Green (Katz Banks Kumin), Faaris Akremi (Bredhoff Kaiser), Jake Seidman (Gibbs Mura), Larry Liu (Susman Godfrey), Olivia Flechsig (Allred Maroko Goldberg). All meals throughout will be provided. Note, while students are free to sign up for as many workshops as they want, only students who participate in the full workshop will receive course credit. Attendance will be taken on both Friday and Saturday. PLEASE NOTE: For purposes of the JD degree requirements, these units count toward the maximum 31 units permitted for non-traditional law school coursework, as outlined SLS Student Handbook for the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence at https://law.stanford.edu/office-of-student-affairs/the-doctor-of-jurisprudence-jd-degree/. Deliverable: In addition to participating in all workshops, enrolled students must end the class with a 2-page reflection paper (double spaced), due by 5:00 pm on Monday April 13, reflecting on what they learned during the course of the workshop and how they plan to continue to hone their skills going forward. Elements Used in Grading: Attendance, class participation, written assignment, oral feedback. Preliminary Schedule (Subject to Change): Friday, April 10: 12:45-1:45 PM -- Lunch talk with Shanin Specter: "How to Integrate Your Aptitude Into Practice Skills"; 2:00-2:30 PM -- Demonstration of an Opening Statement/Closing Argument; 2:45-4:05 PM -- Oral Argument workshop - 1Ls will have the opportunity to argue the issues raised in the Federal Litigation brief - 2Ls and 3Ls will be given a short prompt to argue (no outside research required); 4:20-6:00 PM -- Deposition workshop - Students will take turns playing the witness and will be coached by the workshop facilitators on phrasing questions - Students will have the opportunity to sign up for various "tracks" including: New to depositions, Pinning down the evasive witness, Fact witness deposition; 6:30 PM onwards -- Dinner and Happy Hour. Saturday, April 11: 8:00-9:00 AM -- Breakfast & Tips and Tricks for Direct/Cross Examinations with all facilitators; 9:10-10:30 AM - Direct Examination workshop - Students will have the opportunity to sign up for various tracks including: New to direct examination, Plaintiff direct, Expert witness direct; 10:30-11:00 AM -- Demonstration of an Opening Statement/Closing Argument; 11:10-12:30 PM -- Cross Examination workshop; Students will have the opportunity to sign up for various tracks including: New to cross examination, Crossing the defense's expert witness, Crossing a corporate representative; 12:30-close -- Lunch and Job Search/Networking Advice Session.