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Lawyers talk. We want people to listen. UC College of Law’s Center for Practice wants to remind you of our three December workshops teaching techniques from acting, improvisation, communication, rhetoric, and debate for legal practice. On Dec. 7, Great on Your Feet and In the Moment will target the challenge of quick and effective responses. On Dec. 12, Lawyers Present will polish your formal presentations. On Dec. 14, Drama Does It for Lawyers will focus on voice, tone, timing, stance, and gesture with clients, counsel, colleagues, and the court. UC’s Prof. Aaron will facilitate the workshops, with faculty of actors and an actor-comedian-debater turned lawyer.
Location: All three workshops will be in downtown Cincinnati at the Hyatt Hotel, 151 West Fifth Street. Brief information on each workshop is set forth below. Open the attached brochure or find more information such as agendas and registration forms. We hope to see you there!
The unexpected happens all too often. Lawyers must respond “on their feet” and into a microphone to unanticipated questions from a judge, opposing counsel or client. Negotiations move off agenda; public meetings enter uncharted territory. This seminar will teach you how to: speak briefly with virtually no notice; speak longer with a minute’s prep; respond from many perspectives; and address and return from tangents raised by a judges, clients, or counsel. Faculty: Daniel J. Donnellon, Esq., former improv. actor, comedian, rhetoric and debate scholar, now a partner at Keating, Muething & Klekamp. (View agenda and more information).
CLE: 7.0 CLE hrs., approval pending
Time: 9:-00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Check-in & breakfast at 8:30 a.m.)
December 12, 2007
Lawyers Present — So Present Well!
Outside or inside a courtroom, in negotiation, mediation, town meetings, board meetings, client meetings and law firm meetings all require presentation. This seminar will enhance your skills in formal and less formal presentations to internal and external audiences. Participants will learn to present with confidence and authority. Faculty: Shelly Bamberger Bailey, i-Cue Communications. (View agenda and more information).
CLE: 3.0 CLE hrs., approval pending
Time: 9:-00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (Check-in & breakfast at 8:30 a.m.)
Learn to speak so people will really listen. In this full day seminar, dramatic actors and the College of Law collaborate for teaching how to use voice, tone, timing, and physical stance and gesture for enhanced effectiveness with clients, opposing counsel, colleagues, and the court. Participants will learn actors’ techniques for vocal flexibility and strategies of voice and gesture. While valuable for formal arguments, this seminar will focus upon less formal practice settings: counseling, negotiation, and conferences in chambers. Faculty: John Bromels & Melinda Seibert, Playhouse in the Park & Ovation Theater. (View agenda and more information).
CLE: 6.5 CLE hrs., approval pending
Time: 9:-00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Check-in & breakfast at 8:30 a.m.)