New Trial Presentation Certificate Program

NCRA's Technology Evaluation Committee is proud to present a brand new certificate program for trial presentation software professionals. To be held back to back with this year's Annual Convention in National Harbor, MD (Washington DC area) August 5-6, the agenda for this new program will include:

• Interviewing the Client/Assessing Client Needs
  Ethics, questions to ask the client and the documents and formats you may need to use
• Understanding the Venue
  Getting the layout of the courtroom, understanding the venue and infrastructure
• Overview of Equipment
  What type of equipment is needed, minimum requirements and trial and audio kit overview
• Building the Case/ File Management
  Best practices, pre-trial preparation of case and organizing materials: file management and trial software database management
• Setup of the Courtroom
  Equipment installation, site survey/ courtroom scouting and troubleshooting
• Overview of Trial Presentation Software
  Common features of trial software and displaying on computer
• Heading to Court
  Professional Conduct, Courtroom/Trial Procedures, Discretion

A separate registration fee from convention registration is required. Social event tickets are not included. You must attend the entire workshop to earn  CEUs.

Faculty will include: Instructors: Brian Clune, CLVS; Brian DiGiovanna, RPR, CRR, CMRS; Dax Parise,  CLVS; Joe Cerda, Jr.,  CLVS.

The program will conclude with the Trail Presentation Credentialing Examination on August 6. The written knowledge examination will take place following the workshop. If you pass it, you will become one of the first to become credentialed as a Trial Presentation Professional. In order to be eligible for the test, you must first attend the Trial Presentation Educational Workshop described above.

Note: Should you elect to take the educational workshop and not the examination at the D.C. Convention, you may take the examination at a future date. Additional test dates will be announced shortly.

For more information, including registration information, please visit the Trial Presentation area of the Annual Convention homepage.