You have reached the registration page for all Trial Lawyers College programs. Before you register, if you want more general information about TLC and our courses, please click here. Below are the registration links for Trial Skills Seminars, Criminal Defense Seminars, 3-Week Colleges, and TLC's Grad Programs.
All remaining 2020 TLC seminars will be held via virtual Zoom classroom. Attendance for virtual programs will be limited to TLC graduates and previous attendees. If you are new to TLC, please register for one of our in-person 2021 programs.
All 2021 in-person programs will be conducted in compliance with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for COVID-19 to protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of participants and their family members.
Scholarships are available based on financial need.
TLC Vice President Milton Grimes tried King v. City of Los Angeles in 1994, in the year that Trial Lawyers College was founded and before Milton’s introduction to psychodrama. In this exclusive TLC event, Milton will share how “1994 Milton” prepared to try the case… and, with help from TLC alums playing the roles of witnesses and jurors, Milton will show how he might retry the King case today, with the benefit of 25 years of TLC training and in the face of today's continuing police abuse and homicides of people of color. Milton will show how he might speak to the jury in voir dire and opening statement; how he might examine critical witnesses; and how he would deliver his final argument for justice for Rodney Glenn King, and for us all.
Taught by accomplished faculty teams of TLC-trained experienced trial attorneys as well as behavioral and communications experts. These courses are “hands-on” experiences. Students will learn TLC methods by doing, not suffering through endless lectures. If you want more general information about TLC and our courses, please click here.
Cross-Examination
This seminar will introduce students to advanced Trial Lawyers College cross-exam methods that empower trial lawyers to tell their clients' stories and learn to turn opposing witnesses from antagonists into witnesses whose testimony supports the case and helps to achieve justice.
*Please click the venue & location below to register.
October 8-11, 2020
Virtual SeminarPending CLE approval.
Tuition: $949.00
Attendance for virtual programs will be limited to TLC graduates and previous attendees. If you are new to TLC, please register for one of our in-person 2021 programs.
April 23-25, 2021
Pending CLE approval.
Tuition: $1,699.00
Lodging is not included. A room block will be available 30 days prior to the start of the course. Please make your reservation with the venue directly.
Closing Argument
This seminar teaches civil lawyers how to transfer death, pain, and loss into an adequate money award; and criminal defense lawyers how the client can win by an honest attack against dishonest cops and betraying prosecutors.
March 25-28, 2021
Pending CLE approval.
Tuition: $1,699.00
Lodging is not included. A room block will be available 30 days prior to the start of the course. Please make your reservation with the venue directly.
Indigent Representation Seminar
March 9-13, 2021
Applications from 2020 will be held for 2021
Pending CLE approval.
The Indigent Representation Seminar, open to criminal defense and civil lawyers alike, will be held at a different remote location once/year. This course is by invitation only.
Trial Skills Foundation
This seminar gives students the opportunity to learn about themselves in ways that will help them become more effective trial lawyers as they fight and seek justice.
June 6-12, 2021
Pending CLE approval.
Tuition (Includes Lodging): $1,699.00
Voir Dire
This seminar introduces students to the Trial Lawyers College method of jury selection. Learn how to identify the danger points in your cases, to re-frame them into points of power, and how to approach potential jurors as an inclusive, rather than exclusive process.
October 22-25, 2020
Virtual SeminarPending CLE approval.
Tuition: $949.00
Attendance for virtual programs will be limited to TLC graduates and previous attendees. If you are new to TLC, please register for one of our in-person 2021 programs.
2021 Constellation Regionals
*Please click the venue & location below to register.
Each venue has a reserved lodging room block with deadlines. Contact the venue directly or look for more specific directions in your Orientation guide email from TLC's Registrar, receivable after registration.
January 22-24, 2021
Pending CLE approval.
Tuition (Includes Lodging): $1,699.00
February 19-21, 2021
Pending CLE approval.
Tuition (Includes Lodging): $1,699.00
Discover the Story of Your Case
At this seminar, students will learn the Trial Lawyers College methods necessary to discover the story of your case. Students will learn how to tap into their own power to bring these stories to life in the courtroom.
December 3-6, 2020
Virtual SeminarPending CLE approval.
Tuition: $949.00
Attendance for virtual programs will be limited to TLC graduates and previous attendees. If you are new to TLC, please register for one of our in-person 2021 programs.
Direct Examination
At this seminar, students will learn how to tell a story in a new, powerful, and dramatic way with their witness. These methods help students find their voice and bring their story to life so the jury actually experiences and becomes apart of their client's case.
(To be offered in 2022)
Taught by accomplished teams of TLC-trained trial lawyers, behavioral experts, and communications specialists, criminal defense attorneys will learn innovative Trial Lawyers College methods through on-the-feet action methods, not sitting and listening to lectures. Students will learn how to win the hearts and minds of their jurors, even against overwhelming odds. Hands-on, small group work on cases will make newly-learned methods readily accessible in the courtroom. If you want more general information about TLC and our courses, please click here.
This comprehensive 3-week program dissects courtroom procedures with painstaking detail to provide hands-on tools toward achieving justice. Trial skills are only part of being a force in the courtroom. The trial lawyers’ power originates from within. Knowledge of oneself gives the lawyer the capability to know others and to connect with each person in the courtroom including the witnesses, the judge, and the jurors. The power of TLC’s methods come alive through creative, spontaneous, outside-the-box innovations that capture juries and move them to justice. If you want more general information about TLC and our courses, please click here.
*Please note: Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. Admission decisions are made by the board at one time and notifications will be sent within a 6-weeks of the application deadline.
Graduate Courses, available only to TLC graduates, are intensive, one-week programs that focus on advanced trial skills, giving students a deeper understanding of TLC methods. Grad 1 teaches trial lawyers various communication and delivery skills, working on the entire horse, in addition to trial skills. Grad 2 teaches how to structure a case and trial story. If you want more general information about TLC and our courses, please click here.
*Graduate programs are by application only due to demand, with a mix of civil and criminal defense attorneys admitted. Admission notifications will be in the spring. Application deadline for Grad-1 & Grad-2: February 14, 2020
Graduate-1
August 8-15, 2021
SOLD OUT
Applications will be rolled over from 2020
YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, CO
Pending CLE approval.
Tuition: $1,899.00
Graduate-2
August 22-29, 2021
SOLD OUT
Applications will be rolled over from 2020
Pending CLE approval.
Tuition: $1,899.00
