Skills Curriculum Schedule
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Representing the Federal Criminal Defendant
January 16, 23, & 30 (W)
5:30 – 6:50 pm
Faculty: Marion D. Floyd, Attorney at Law
Required Skills course
The Professional in Practice
January 19 (S)
9 am to noon
Faculty: Bobby J. Delise, Delise & Hall, LLC
Trial Tactics
January 26 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: William J. Sommers, Jr., Duncan, Courington & Rydberg, LLC
Mid-day class meetings
Practical Legal Research
February 11 & 13 (M,W)
12:30 – 1:50 pm
Faculty: Francis X. Norton, Associate Professor, Law Librarian
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Pleadings Drafting
February 12, 19, 26, & March 4 (T)
5:30 – 6:50 pm
Faculty: Robert Angelle, Attorney at Law
5,300 reasons for Handling a Social Security Disability Claim
February 16 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: Elaine DeLoach
Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Social Security Administration
Using the Internet for Legal Research
February 16 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: Brian Huddleston, Senior Reference Librarian
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Mediation Skills Workshop
February 20, 27, March 5, & 12 (W)
5:30 – 6:50 pm
Faculty: Tom Grace, Mediation Arbitration Professional Systems (MAPS)
Glenda Barkate, MAPS
5 class meetings – 2 Skills credits
Deposition Skills Workshop
February 14, 21, 28, March 6 (R)
5:30 – 6:50 pm
AND
March 8 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: William J. Sommers, Jr.
Duncan, Courington, & Rydberg, LLC
Litigating Katrina Cases
February 23 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: John W. Redmann
Law Office of John W. Redmann, LLC
Winning in the Beginning
Power, Passion, & Persuasion in the Opening Statement
March 1 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: Dominic J. Gianna
Middleberg, Riddle, & Gianna
Mid-day class meeting
Motion Practice
March 3, 5, & 10 (M,W, M)
12:30 – 1:50 pm
Faculty: Bobby J. Delise, Delise & Hall
Drafting Corporate Documents
March 5 & 12 (W)
5:30 – 6:50 pm
Faculty: Ryan Adams
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein McAlister & Hilbert, L.L.C.
Note: no class on March 20 – spring holiday
Using Demonstrative Evidence at Trial
March 6, 13, & 27 (R)
5:30 – 6:50 pm
Faculty: Marion D. Floyd, Attorney at Law
Lawyers in the Great Tradition
The argument of an appeal
March 7 (F)
5:30 – 7:30 pm
Faculty: Professor Paul R. Baier, George W. Armstrong Professor of Law
LSU Law Center &
Honorable Harry T. Lemmon
Associate Justice (retired) Louisiana Supreme Court
Louisiana Class Action Litigation
March 8 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: Eric J. O’Bell
Law Offices of Eric J. O’Bell, LLC
Personal Injury - Plaintiff Attorneys vs Defense Attorneys
Two views
March 8 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: John W. Redmann
Law Office of John W. Redmann, LLC
Domestic Violence
Judicial Responsibilities & Perspectives
March 25 & April 1 (T)
5:30 - 6:50 pm
Faculty: Honorable Joe Giarrusso, Jr.
Magistrate Commissioner, Div. 5 (retired) & MAPS, Inc. &
Dale Standifer
Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Women & Children
Mid-day class meetings
Using the Internet for Legal Research
March 25 & 27 (T, R)
12:30 – 1:50 pm
Faculty: Brian Huddleston, Senior Reference Librarian
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Legal Letters
Communication for Lawyers
March 26, April 2, & 9 (W)
5:30 – 6:50 pm
Faculty: Warren Horn
Heller, Draper, Hayden, Patrick, & Horn, LLC
Mid-day class meetings
Negotiation Techniques
March 24, 26 & 31 (M, W, M)
12:30 – 1:50 pm
Faculty: Bobby J. Delise
Delise & Hall
On- line course offering w/ one class meeting
Developing the Theory of the Case
March 29 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: William J. Sommers
Duncan, Courington, & Rydberg, LLC
Personal Knowledge Management
Organizing your cases & work flow
March 29 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: Ernest E. Svenson, Svenson Law Firm, LLC
Al Robert, Jr., Schonekas, Winsberg, Evans & McGoey, LLC
Required course
The Professional in Practice
April 12 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: Val P. Exnicios, Liska, Exnicios, & Nungesser
Charles B. Plattsmier, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, LA State Bar &
a Panel of Judges w/ a view from the Bench
The Art of Persuasion
April 12 (S)
9 am – noon
Faculty: William J. Sommers, Jr.
Duncan, Courington & Rydberg
