Intensive Cross Examination Workshop

This two-day intensive cross examination program will work with lawyers of all skill levels to learn:

• building a good cross examination
• sourcing your cross examination
• dealing with objections
• executing a storytelling cross examination
• dealing with a difficult witness

This program is being offered at the Comfort Inn in Lansing, Michigan on Friday, November 8, 2024 and Saturday, November 9, 2024, from 9:00am to 6:00pm each day.

A discounted room rate at Comfort Inn (525 N. Canal Rd, Lansing, MI 48917) is available for participants in the program. To book the discounted rate visit:

https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/SS57N4
*Please note the link works best when using a laptop or PC.

Participants will earn 16 hours of CLE credit for participation in the full program, and the program will satisfy the skills training requirements of Standard 1. You must attend the entire program in order to receive CLE credits.

To be eligible for participation in the program, you must be a licensed attorney representing indigent defendants within the State of Michigan, or an employee of a public defender office awaiting bar results. You must plan to participate in the entire two-day program.

This program is limited to 12 participants. A waitlist will be compiled once the program is full.

This free program is made possible by the generous Byrne JAG grant awarded to the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, JAG-72458-Michigan Indigent Defense Commission-2025.

This project is supported by Byrne JAG #15PBJA-21-GG-00248-MUMU and 15BJA-22GG-00642-MUMU awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Program, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and administered by the Michigan State Police (MSP). Points of view or opinions contained within this document do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the MSP or DOJ.

Host or Publisher Keeley Blanchard, Trial Skills Simulation Program Manager