New Lawyers Boot Camp

Registration and Welcome Breakfast

60 Ideas in 60 Minutes (Group Activity)

Here is Why Being a Trial Lawyer Matters

Onboarding the Client

• Client Interviews
• Handling Their Social Media; Social Media Intake Form and Checklist

Pre-Suit Investigation: You Don’t Have a Desk Job

• How to Gather the Facts
• Using Your Cell Phone
• Taking Pictures at the Accident Scene
• What You can Find Outside of the Office
• Where to Look

Elevating Your Demand Letter

• Facts to get Early from Your Client
• Talking to Family Friends
• Writing a Good Demand

Workshop: Elevate Your Demand Letter

Bring a Recent Demand Letter

Small Group Breakouts

Jigsaw Sessions

• Deposition Basics: How to Create an Effective Discovery Plan
• Witness Preparation
• Techniques of Exhaustion, Boxing-In, and Restating
• How to Use Rhetorical Questions
• Identifying the Rules and Standards in Depositions
• Planning the 30(b)(6) Notice

Jigsaw Segment Presentations

Choose Your Own Adventure: Teambuilding Activities

Networking Dine Around

Welcome Back Networking Breakfast

Making Yourself Essential to Your Firm

• What does it mean to “stay relevant”?
• Adding value to your firm
• Partnership track
• Your value

When and How to Cut Cases

The Show Goes On: Learn From Your Mistakes (ethics)

• Real-Life Cases
• War Stories
• Discuss Experiences of Ethical Quandaries

Question & Answer Session

Program Adjourns