Overview:  

Trial is the classic test of any legal practitioner. It is where reputations are won and lost, where fortunes and lives hang in the balance, and where society submits it’s most thorny disputes to arbitration by what are hopefully qualified and confident experts in an adversarial joust of wit and skill. 

The facts of any given case will not be up to you, but your own skill, diligence and preparation will be. And that may yet be the difference between victory and defeat for your client and by extension yourself.

Join Adv Dwight on the 14th of March from 10:00 - 12:00  where he will  impart some of those necessary ideas and techniques that go into becoming a great trial lawyer.

Learning objectives

By the end of this webinar the attendee should know:

• How to conduct Trial Preparation.
• How to conduct one’s self in the court room and when addressing Judges and opponents.
• How to conduct Examination in Chief.
• How to conduct cross-examination
• How to plan successful Legal Strategy

Content: 

The webinar will cover the following topics:

• Trial Preparation
• Court Decorum
• Practical Strategy and planning
• Anticipating the foe – The important hidden step.
• Motion v Trial Proceedings – Similarities and differences
• Addressing the Court
• Addressing Opponents
• Examination in Chief
• Cross Exam
• Common Pitfalls to avoid

About the Presenter: 

Dwight is an admitted member of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates and is accredited by the Legal Practitioners Council as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa.

Before being called to the Bar, Dwight completed articles of clerkship, and attorney’s competency exams under the auspices of the Wits Law Clinic. He completed his Advocacy pupillage under the tutelage of the esteemed Adv. Louis Du Bruyn.

Dwight has had opportunity and success in litigation, in the High and Magistrates’ Courts of the republic, the CCMA, Disciplinary Hearings, Appeal Courts and assorted other venues and forums, and has become possessed of practical litigation experience beyond what would normally be expected from a practitioner of his age and seniority.

Dwight is the holder of a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from the University of Cape Town, and postgraduate Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of the Witwatersrand, for which he was accorded the honour of being on the Dean’s list for his academic performance.

Price: 

R550 per person

For those of you who are unable to attend the live webinar, the recording will be made available to you shortly after the event.

Who should attend?

• Candidate Attorneys,
• Law Students,
• Pupil Advocates,
• Paralegals,
• Young/junior legal practitioners.

Additional material

By attending this webinar you will be provided with:

• A summarised slide presentation.
• Reference documents and/or course material where available.
• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar.