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AAJ Education Seminars, Teleseminars, and Convention Programs

Recordings of all AAJ seminars, teleseminars, and convention programs are available on high-quality audio CD and MP3s. Select programs are also available on DVD. These recordings provide the busy lawyer with the opportunity to experience an AAJ Education program with the whole office or at his or her own leisure. They are ideal for extended study and may be accepted for MCLE in your state.

Examples of some popular items your colleagues have purchased include:

These products and many more can be purchased through AAJ's multimedia provider, PlayBack Now online at the PlayBack Now Web site or by calling (800) 241-7785 or (770) 447-0616.

Commanding the Courtroom

A five-part (5 hour) AAJ Education video series featuring AAJ trial masters Greg Cusimano and Jim Lees share the secrets of running focus groups, developing litigation strategies, and successfully implementing those strategies to achieve winning verdicts. This comprehensive CLE presentation is designed for all levels of trial experience and shares hundreds of tips, insights, and hands-on demonstrations of successful litigation techniques with you. Cusimano and Lees rely on more than 50 years of combined trial experience presented in an enlightening format interspersed with anecdotes and real courtroom examples.

The Complete AAJ Education Video Series Set (5 DVDs & CDs):

Part One: Focus Groups and Discovery (1:00:40)
Part Two: Jury Decision-Making and Voir Dire (1:08:00)
Part Three: The Opening Statement (1:06:25)
Part Four: Direct and Cross-Examination (1:05:25)
Part Five: The Closing Argument (0:55:27)

Member: $395 | Nonmember: $475

This DVD series can be ordered through AAJ's multimedia provider, PlayBack Now. Please visit the PlayBack Now Web site or call (800) 241-7785 or (770) 447-0616. This series is also available for purchase in VHS format.

ACT of Communication

Conveying a message with conviction during a bench or jury trial is an art that can be mastered. These videos, developed by trained and seasoned actors, provide the model to help raise your confidence and build rapport with judge and jury:

Tape 1: Acting Like A Human Being: Skills In Storytelling & Demeanor ($125)
In this tape, you will observe workshops in which lawyers lose their courtroom demeanor and adapt their own. The elements of courtroom storytelling are taught through the creation and delivery of 10-word messages - "telegrams" - from lawyer to juror. As you watch, you will create a telegram along with the workshop participants and explore your own lawyer persona.

Tape 2: Actor/Playwright Meets Lawyer: Skills In Inflection, Orchestration, Meter And Closing Argument ($125)
In this tape, you will learn the three main inflections - falling, rising, and sustained - along with the workshop participants. Orchestration is learned through written and performance exercises and through observation. Meter and rhythm in language are taught through lecture. You will learn how to apply these devices to closing argument right along with the workshop participants.

Tape 3: Directing The Trial: Skills In Questioning And Controlling Focus ($125)
In this tape, you will learn not only how to control the focus of the jurors, but also the control of a witness during direct or cross-examination. You will learn how to see and hear your story through the eyes and ears of witnesses and jurors to gain a greater understanding of how to control them. The rising inflection (the questioning inflection) is also briefly explored on this tape. You may have learned about this inflection in tape two, but it is truly brought to life here.

Tape 4: Developing Your Voice: Skills In Vocal Improvement (A Vocal Warm Up) ($125)
Would you like to begin a trial as relaxed as you are in the middle of the third day? You can achieve that goal through a series of vocal warm-up and physical relaxation exercises in this tape. You'll learn individual parts of the exercises series from observation and participation. Then you'll follow a full warm-up with the workshop group. This tape can become your own daily regimen to make vocal changes and overcome stage fright.

Four Tape Set: $400 - save $100 over purchasing individually!

These excellent recordings are available through AAJ's provider relationship with ACT. For more information and preview, visit Act of Communication (http://www.actofcommunication.com) or call (310) 391-9661. View and print ACT brochure

AAJ Press

AAJ is proud to maintain a copublishing relationship with West, a Thomson business, to offer AAJ members books and multimedia materials designed to meet the professional interests of trial lawyers, at a member discount.

• To learn more about the many AAJ and West educational offerings available at a savings to AAJ members, visit our AAJ and West Web page (please note: you will be prompted to sign on with your user name and password).
• For non-AAJ members, please visit www.west.thomson.com and search for "AAJ" under products search.
• See the latest AAJ Press products!

NEW! Preparing for Deposition

Do your clients know the 10 essential rules of testifying at deposition? Use this DVD to teach them.

Prepare your clients—quickly and completely—with the Preparing for Deposition DVD. This award-winning program from AAJ Press author Karen K. Koehler, taught by leading trial lawyers and a state Supreme Court judge, will help your clients learn the dos and don'ts of legal depositions. The 36-minute video, produced by TV professionals and chaptered by lesson for quick review, teaches the 10 essential rules of testifying at deposition. After viewing the program, your clients will know what to expect and will go into deposition prepared.

This DVD will pay for itself from the first client you share it with. Help prepare your witnesses with the Preparing for Deposition DVD. Order now by calling (206) 550-8985 or by using the order form. The cost is $225 plus shipping (regular: $7.50, rush delivery: $35).