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Live Seminar: Judging the Jury: Practical Tools for Jury Selection in South Carolina

Date: July 17, 2009
Time: 8:30a.m. - 4:45p.m.

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Featuring Alice Weiser - Nationally Known Jury Consultant and Handwriting Analyst

Seminar Agenda
  8:30 a.m.       Registration
  8:50 a.m.       Welcome and Opening Remarks
  9:00 a.m.       Voir Dire in South Carolina : A View from the Bench
                        The Honorable  J. Michelle Childs
                        Judge Childs will give you a valuable and practical judicial perspective on how to make
                        the most of your limited opportunity for voir dire in circuit court.
9:30 a.m.         How to Use Non-Verbal Clues to Pick a Jury
                       
Alice Weiser
                       
Can you tell how a juror will vote based on his or her non-verbal clues?  In this powerful
                        presentation, Alice Weiser will teach you how to interpret body language, facial
                        expressions, and voice inflections to provide clues as to how a prospective juror might
                        vote.  You will learn the Seven Significant Signs of a Serious Liar, how birth order
                        impacts how a juror may perform, and how you can use handwriting analysis to your
                        advantage.
10:30 a.m.       Mid-morning Break
10:45 a.m.       How to Use Non-Verbal Clues to Pick a Jury (Continued)
                        
Alice Weiser
11:45 a.m.       Lunch (on your own)
  1:00 p.m.       Basic 8 Program of Handwriting Analysis
                        Ann Miraglia
                        In this short introduction to the “Basic 8” handwriting analysis course, you will learn
                        enough to make some very solid discoveries about people, and especially jurors. 
  1:30 p.m.       Business Etiquette and Protocol
                        Gerald Glascock
                        Whether communicating with a client, opposing counsel, judge, or jury, knowing the
                        right things to so and say can make a tremendous difference in helping you reach your
                        career goals.  This insightful presentation will equip you to develop good etiquette in the 
                        office or court and successfully navigate today’s culturally diverse business environment.
                        Gerald Glasscock will cover everything from business introductions to proper use of business
                        cards, to dress and deportment, to e-mail, telephone and cell phone communications, and
                        even effective networking techniques.
 2:30 p.m.        Mid-morning Break
 2:45 p.m.        Forensic Document Examination
                        
Ann Miraglia
                        Professional Document Examiner Ann Miraglia will teach you how forensic document
                        examination works, as well as how it can work for you in your next case.  This 
                        presentation will provide practical answers to common questions of document authorship 
                        and authenticity and cover such issues as simulated signatures, document additions,
                        erasures, black-outs, and alterations.  Handwriting identification principles will be
                        explained and expert training and trial experience will be discussed.  There will even be
                        very practical exercises to test your knowledge, skill, and powers of observation!
 4:45 p.m.        Adjourn

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours.

Event Type: Seminar