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The Talking Brief CPD Workshops for advocates are suitable for both Solicitors and Barristers.  After an initial consultation regarding your particular area of interest, (eg: presentation skills to clients, improved communication with clients, relevant performance skills for court) a workshop would be tailor made for your specifications.   As these are experiential workshops, participant numbers need to be at a maximum of 20.   However, less people means more individual feedback.
 
Duration of Group Workshops

This entirely depends on numbers in a group, areas to be covered and what time is available.  After an initial consultation, the Talking Brief workshops can be adapted to a whole day, half day, three hours or a series of  workshops.

Three hours is the minimum recommended time for a The Talking Brief introductory workshop with a three hour follow up workshop a few weeks later.   This will enable participants to grasp the key concepts of the performance skills covered, putting them into practice working with text under encouraging guidance and positive feedback.

The workshops would be tailored to your requirements eg:

 
Whole Day Workshop Program

Morning:
Would cover the basic performance skills required for efficient, impressive  appearances in Court.

Afternoon Sessions:
Applying these performance skills to specific courtroom transactions
 by role playing them in a ‘moot court’ with feedback

  1. The Opening Address
  2. Cross-Examination
  3. Closing Argument
  4. Referrals etc.
 
Whole Day Workshop for Solicitor Client Communication Skills

Morning:

  1. Presentation and selling skills, building a relationship and effective communication.
  2. What does the client want?  
  3. What do you need to make the client feel to gain their trust and confidence? 
  4. Tools to build your confidence and expression to impress the client.

Afternoon:
Role-playing client – advocate scenarios to put into practice skills acquired in the morning

 
Venue
The Talking Brief Workshops can be held on your premises or at a suitable venue in the CBD.
(N.B: If the workshops are to be held on your premises, then the size of  space available needs to be taken into consideration and numbers adjusted accordingly )