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Preparing Lay Witnesses for Deposition and Trial - On Demand
Preparing a lay witness can be a daunting task. They often have no frame of reference for legal matters and can easily feel overwhelmed and anxious as you ready them for deposition and trial.
Far too often, attorneys get caught in the trap of getting together with their witnesses right before trial. Cramming the day before is often ineffective and causes increased stress for your witnesses. Learning how to better identify the causes of witness anxiety, and any potential minefields will only strengthen their testimony and your case. While a single witness will rarely win your case, a poorly prepared witness can certainly lose it.
Fortunately, there is a better way. Trial lawyer and seasoned witness preparer, Jennifer K. O’Connell, will teach you a proven approach for lay witness preparation. Through the RISE system—Reassure, Identify, Simplify, Empower—O’Connell will teach you how to get your witnesses to embrace their truth in their own language, feel more confident in the courtroom, and deliver more effective testimony in deposition and trial.
It’s time to abandon the old trap of badly preparing your lay witnesses. Join Jennifer O’Connell for this 60-minute masterclass as she shares how experienced trial lawyers prepare their witnesses, and their cases, to win.
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Each attendee must register individually as they will need their own login to access the event.
On Demand Program: 60 Minutes
Original Air Date: 11/15/2022
Overall rating: 4.4 / 5 from 20 reviews.
Review topics: ["examples"].
"What were your key takeaways from the program? The general themes were good, but there were no examples of application or how to execute the goals for lay witness testimony. Which topics did you find least valuable and why? There were no specific application examples."
"What were your key takeaways from the program? Empower the witness. Which topics did you find least valuable and why? Some was too basic."
"What were your key takeaways from the program? "your truth" from witness"
"What were your key takeaways from the program? The importance of embracing the witness's truth and that most of your preparation should be questions. Which topics did you find least valuable and why? None"
"What were your key takeaways from the program? How long I should be prepping witnesses and what type of things to prep them on, particularly instructing the witnesses to explain things in their own words. Which topics did you find least valuable and why? Can't think of any in such a short CLE."
"What were your key takeaways from the program? basic and not informative at all Which topics did you find least valuable and why? She should not have given this lecture"
"What were your key takeaways from the program? Less is more"
"What were your key takeaways from the program? word banks, several meetings, get witness used to Q-A format. Which topics did you find least valuable and why? "find your truth" seems a bit campy and might get old quickly. Just my opinion."
"What were your key takeaways from the program? The Rise Method, first time I heard of this. Which topics did you find least valuable and why? none"
"What were your key takeaways from the program? Be thoughtful and ethical! Which topics did you find least valuable and why? I thought it was all valuable"
Preparing a lay witness can be a daunting task. They often have no frame of reference for legal matters and can easily feel overwhelmed and anxious as you ready them for deposition and trial.
Far too often, attorneys get caught in the trap of getting together with their witnesses right before trial. Cramming the day before is often ineffective and causes increased stress for your witnesses. Learning how to better identify the causes of witness anxiety, and any potential minefields will only strengthen their testimony and your case. While a single witness will rarely win your case, a poorly prepared witness can certainly lose it.
Fortunately, there is a better way. Trial lawyer and seasoned witness preparer, Jennifer K. O’Connell, will teach you a proven approach for lay witness preparation. Through the RISE system—Reassure, Identify, Simplify, Empower—O’Connell will teach you how to get your witnesses to embrace their truth in their own language, feel more confident in the courtroom, and deliver more effective testimony in deposition and trial.
It’s time to abandon the old trap of badly preparing your lay witnesses. Join Jennifer O’Connell for this 60-minute masterclass as she shares how experienced trial lawyers prepare their witnesses, and their cases, to win.
Click here for Access Instructions for On Demand Programs.
Each attendee must register individually as they will need their own login to access the event.
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