Teaching the Next Generation of Trial Lawyers: Designing Trial Advocacy Programs to Meet the Demands of the ABA and the Profession
Kimball R. and Karen Gatsis Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism
Spring 2024 Symposium
The Kimball R. and Karen Gatsis Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism at the Illinois College of Law plans to bring together practitioners and scholars alike for a symposium to discuss how trial advocacy programs can be designed to assist students in forming their professional identities and in receiving extensive and practical education on bias, cross-cultural competence, and racism. Similarly, it explores how trial advocacy programs can work with law school clinics to not only provide more robust pro bono services, but also fulfill additional experiential learning hour requirements. To do so, this symposium pairs experts in professional identity formation, bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism, and clinical education with trial advocacy directors to establish best practices and begin a discussion on how to work together and design trial advocacy programs that are equipped to meet not just the demands of the ABA, but also the demands of the profession.
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*Up to 5 hours of Illinois MCLE General Credit is pending approval.
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