Why Attend?
- Learn the necessary techniques to preserve issues for appeal
- Understand the traps, and how to avoid them
- Stay current with an explanation of the most recent cases, presented by outstanding appellate lawyers
Trial Techniques That Lead to Successful Appeals
All too often, lawyers arrive in appellate courts with a solid argument for reversal, only to learn that their promising issue has been waived by a failure to preserve it in the trial court. In this program, two experienced appellate lawyers explain some of the ways to avoid having to answer troubling waiver questions at the appellate lectern. The program focuses on hidden waiver traps and on the contemporaneous objection rule, recognizing the fact that preservation isn’t an appellate skill: it’s a trial-court skill.
This seminar returns with all NEW nightmares. It will explore all the basic rules associated with issue preservation, and focus specifically on the many traps for the unwary. In addition, our speakers will examine the most recent rulings of the Supreme Court of Virginia and Court of Appeals of Virginia as they affect trial practice and appellate preservation, including:
- Robinson v. Commonwealth: When the client and lawyer disagree, who handles preservation?
- Mackey v. McDannald: The importance of citing the right statute
- Butcher v. Commonwealth: When a nonbinding concession of law can hurt you
- Cromartie v. Billings: A painful lesson on the importance of cross-error
- Cilwa v. Commonwealth: Collateral attacks on a lack of active jurisdiction
- Brayboy v. Durrette: How not to respond to a demurrer
- Young v. Commonwealth: When is an objection not an objection?
- Cherry v. Lawson Realty: The stapler method of preservation
- Williams v. Swenson: Those risky continuing objections
- D&MRE, LLC v. Kyus Ents.: The intersection of transcripts and nunc pro tunc orders
Registration Deadlines: |
Webcast: |
10 minutes prior to seminar. If you register for a webcast the day of the seminar, your e-mail receipt will include a link to launch the seminar and download the materials. |
Telephone: |
Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. the day preceding the seminar Call (800) 979-8253 to register up to one hour prior to the seminar |
Cancellation Policy: Cancellation/transfer requests will be honored until 5:00 p.m. the day preceding the seminar. You will, however, be charged $40 if you cancel or transfer your registration to a different seminar after the link to the materials has been e-mailed by Virginia CLE.
Full refunds or transfers are available up to two days after a webcast in the unlikely event that you experience technical difficulties.
MCLE Credit Caveat: The MCLE Board measures credits by the time you spend in attendance. If you enter a seminar late or leave it early, or both, you must reflect those adjustments accurately in the credits you report on your credit reporting form. A code will be given at the end of the seminar, which must be written on your MCLE form.
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