NEW SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM!
Thursday, November 6, 2025
9:30am-5:30pm (check in starts 8:30am)
Shanty Creek Resort - 5780 Shanty Creek Rd., Bellaire, MI
In this hands-on, small group training, attorneys will master the art of using PowerPoint in trial with this hands-on full day program designed to make you a PowerPoint powerhouse. Learn how to create impactful PowerPoint presentations to enhance your opening and closing statements. This full-day session covers using PowerPoint to improve your storytelling, theme development, and techniques to maintain juror engagement. The class is taught by Jim Amberg, who has won many difficult trials using PowerPoint. Jim guarantees that this will change the way you conduct trials.
It is expected that students will have a basic knowledge of how to use PowerPoint as this class is geared toward creation of dynamic PowerPoint trial presentations, not an intro into the basics of PowerPoint.
Advanced Preparation: Students will be required to watch approximately two hours of video recording materials in advance on this training.
Take-Aways:
- Design Compelling Openings and Closings.
- Projecting Trial Themes Through PowerPoint.
- Strategies for Creating Effective Slides.
- Grabbing and Keeping Juror Attention.
Limited to 10 attorneys. Minimum 6 required.
$320 for CDAM Members/$400 for Non-Members
(Direct Billing partners can register free of charge! Contact your court funding unit for further information!)
CLE Skills Training Hour (8)
~ Breakfast and lunch buffets, snack and materials included ~
Attendees are required to have basic knowledge of PowerPoint, have it preinstalled on their computer and bring their own computer.
Attendees are also required to print
the complete set of working materials in advance of the training.
A hotel room booking link will be emailed with your completed registration confirmation.
FACULTY
Jim Amberg and Victor Mansour
