| B&W supports training of thirty lawyers for the poor in Texas who are Public Interest Lawyers across Texas. | | 5/18/2008 | On May 18 - 22, the State Bar sponsored the Access to Justice Trial Academy for the Public Interest Lawyers. The Academy was conducted at University of Texas Law School.
Cynthia Day Grimes, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and shareholder at Ball & Weed, was the course director for the week long Academy. It involved demonstrations and practice of Voir Dire, opening, direct and cross examination of witnesses and practicing physician witnesses, and closing. The demonstration was a case of elder fraud involving a bank and the case for the student lawyers was a case concerning race discrimination in the sale of a house.
The Academy featured fellows of the American College giving demonstrations and then fellows instructing the lawyer students and providing critiques and techniques. 27 Texas Fellows of the American Academy of Trial Lawyers donated their time to this project. | | |
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