Fundamental Advocacy Skills Training (Part 3)

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WHAT IS IT?

Public Defense 103: Trial Skills Workshop (FAST Program Part 3) is a 2 1/2 day trial advocacy program comprised of presentations and on-your-feet small group sessions including pretrial motions, entering evidence, making objections, impeachment and cross-examination.  Participants will perform in a series of practical workshops to incorporate what they learned from the presentations in exercises simulating discrete phases of a trial.  Case materials for the exercises will be provided for the participants before the conference.

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REGISTRATION

Registration is now closed for this event.

Hotel Accommodations:

Where are we staying?  We will be staying at the Holiday Inn Express downtown near the courthouse.  (See map below.)  This hotel was renovated last year and has surface self-parking.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS - Checkout Friday:  We will need to check out of the hotel Friday morning.  Hotel guests should be okay to leave vehicles at the hotel until PD103 ends on Friday.

COMMUTER PARKING: 

For those of you who will be commuting, unfortunately, the courthouse does not have all-day parking.  The best place to park will be the Commons Garage at 60 Beattie Place, Greenville, SC, which is adjacent to the Hyatt Hotel and across the street from the Courthouse.  Click the link for address and rates: https://greenvillesc.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Commons-Garage-29

LUNCH:  Lunch will be on-your-own.  If you're not familiar with downtown Greenville, here is a non-exhaustive list of lunch options in downtown Greenville.

WEDNESDAY EVENING SOCIAL:   Social Gathering Wednesday evening from 6 – 8 pm at Carolina Ale House 113 South Main Street.  SCCID will provide the food.  Cash bar.

Well, that all sounds like fun, but what about the Workshop?

REGISTRANT INFORMATION - WELCOME TO PD103!

MATERIALS AND ADVANCE PREPARATION:

You will receive a printed workbook when you sign in on Wednesday, but you need to review the materials linked on the private page and do some preparation in advance. 

 Also, please review Bob Dudek’s Record Preservation Demonstration Outlines.  The outlines will not only help you understand the demonstrations, but they will also allow us to proceed without a lot of setup explanation during the presentation.  Bob will have a brief refresher on error preservation, but for a full refresher course you can view his presentation from PD101 here:  

LOGISTICS:

WHERE TO GO WEDNESDAY:  See the map below for walking directions to the Court House.  Wednesday morning, registration is from 8:30 – 8:45 a.m.  Enter through the main courthouse entrance (Yellow Star).  When you go through security, you should see the Jury Assembly Room.  That’s where we’ll be for most of our full-group sessions.  We will also be using the jury assembly room break room for our break room.

DRESS CODE:  Office casual is fine.  No need to dress up like you’re going to trial unless that is your idea of casual or you really just want to.

ABSENCES AND TARDIES:  If you will be absent or late at any point during PD103, please call or text to let me know you haven’t been abducted by aliens.  If you just don’t show up, I will have to track you down.

QUESTIONS?