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TRIAL SKILLS FOR ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING PARENTS IN CPS CASES FROM ADVERSARY HEARINGS TO FINAL TRIAL

TRIAL SKILLS FOR ATTORNEYS

REPRESENTING PARENTS IN CPS CASES

FROM ADVERSARY HEARINGS TO FINAL TRIAL

6.25 Hours (.50 ethics) of Approved credit from the SBOT

Where: Baylor Law School - Waco

When: August 14, 2026

Time: 8:30 AM-4:15 PM

Cost: $40/Member; $75/Non-Member; Free for Law Students w/ ID

Includes Lunch

8:30 - 9 AM: Registration and Coffee, etc.

9 - 9:45 AM: Preparing and trying the Adversary Hearing & Contested Permanency Hearings - Sam Martinez, J.D. and John H. McLeod, J.D. (.75 hr)

9:45- 10:15: Discovery & Pretrial Motions - Julie Pennington, J.D. (.5 hr.)

10:15- 10:30 AM: Break

10:30- 11:00 AM: Preparing for Trial /Trial Binders/Client prep- Michelle Latray, J.D. (.5 hr.)

11 - 11:45 AM: Voir Dire - Fred Medina, J.D. (.75 hr.)

11:45-12:15PM: Lunch break (Lunch provided)

12:15- 1:45PM: Judicial Panel - Judge Mundkowsky, Judge Dallas Sims, Judge Cornish, and Judge Mabray- (1.5 hrs, .5 hr. ethics.)

1:45- 2:30PM: Opening/Closing/Theme of Case - Fred Medina, J.D. (.75 hr).
2:30- 2:45PM: Break
2:45- 3:30PM: Direct/Cross Examination- Al Greene J.D. (.75 hr.)

3:30-4:15: Jury Charges/Preserving The Record for Appeal - Julia C. Hatcher, J.D. (.75 Hr.)