The Advocacy Club Boot Camp
The Advocacy Club Boot Camp offers junior litigators, articling students and paralegals a unique educational experience. Here, participants learn by doing. Boot camps can be scheduled on Zoom (or MS Teams) or in person in Ottawa. They are promoted on the Home page and LinkedIn. In-person sessions are promoted in the CCLA weekly newsletter.
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How to ask questions strategically
We begin the Boot Camp with introductory exercises that teach questioning techniques, whether for interviews or examinations. Participants work with witness statements in a case study to develop skills to follow up where witnesses lead. They learn to gather the right information.
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Case Analysis
Participants learn to analyze the case to develop theories and themes.​ They learn to process the information they've gathered. To think like lawyers.
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Preparation for Examinations
They learn how to create effective outlines for any examination and how to prepare their witnesses for an examination (direct, cross, discovery).
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Direct and Cross-examinations
They learn and practice direct and cross-examination techniques.
Final Argument ​​
The Boot Camp closes with a brief tutorial on the formula for a persuasive closing argument.
These are the basic skills litigators should master to succeed. Best of all, participants develop a sense of collegiality with their co-participants. This peer-to-peer contact continues well beyond the Boot Camp. If you are interested in this or a future session, contact John Hollander.
Cost
If participants sign up individually, the cost is $275 for students and paralegals and $400 for lawyers, both plus HST, payable via Interac or Paypal. For employers/organizations to get a price quote, contact John Hollander.
The Boot Camp qualifies (for lawyers and paralegals in Ontario and likely elsewhere) as 8.0 hours of substantive CPD. Because of the small size of the participating groups, we cannot offer refunds, so we ask you to pay a week before the first session.
Please provide the name of your firm/organization and your year of Call, or if you are articling or a paralegal.
Employers/Organizations
Boot camps are customizable! If your department, organization or firm has six or more who need this kind of training, contact us to discuss your requirements and to receive a fee quotation. The course is very cost-effective. The case study can be custom-made to appeal to staff/associate lawyers, students & paralegals and can take place in person or via Zoom/MS Teams.
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For law firms with trial dates approaching, consider creating a case study of the case so that participants can prepare for the actual trial - including all-important case analyses and examination strategies.