Litigation 101: What You Need to Know to Succeed in Practice 2026

  • In-person seminar
  • Webcast seminar
  • Civil Litigation Law
Up to 4.0 Credit Hours
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Litigation 101: What You Need to Know to Succeed in Practice 2026

Co-produced with Karon LLC

Featuring: Daniel Karon

Take your legal practice to the next level

Elevate your litigation skills with tips and strategies from Daniel Karon, Karon LLC, in Litigation 101: What You Need to Know to Succeed in Practice. You’ll start with the business realities of the relationship between business law and legal writing and discuss ten techniques for writing an effective brief. Moving into the deposition, you’ll cover a playbook for a successful deposition and how to handle a difficult witness. Dive deeper into building leverage with good discovery and conclude the session with business-building basics and opportunities for growth. You won’t want to miss this chance to elevate your legal practice.

8:30 am
The Craft of Beautiful Legal Writing (CLE)
  • Discuss the relationship between the business realities of law and legal writing
  • Understand the importance of building a functioning writer’s library and which staples to include
  • Go over the best techniques for persuading the busy reader
  • Discuss the ten techniques for writing an effective brief
9:30 am
BREAK
9:45 am
The Deposition Playbook: Taking, Defending & Winning (CLE)
  • Smart deposition rules every lawyer should know
  • Why depositions can be more important than trial
  • How to handle a difficult witness
10:45 am
BREAK
11:00 am
Discovery That Wins Cases (CLE)
  • How to learn the facts
  • The importance of preserving the evidence
  • How good discovery build leverage
12:20 pm
Program Concludes
11:20 pm
How to Keep and Thrive at the Job You Worked so Hard to Get (LPM)
  • Why building business is so important
  • How to build business before you’ve developed a network
  • Business-building opportunities for everyone

  • Enhance your legal writing by mastering ten techniques for drafting more effective briefs
  • Discover strategies to make depositions and discovery more efficient and effective
  • Develop a stronger understanding of deposition strategy and preparation
  • Build confidence in handling challenging witnesses
  • Strengthen your business development skills and strategies
  • Litigators
  • Civil litigators
  • In-house counsel
  • Appellate attorneys
  • New and young attorneys

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