This document summarizes the agenda and topics for a small group coaching workshop on legal skills. The workshop covers introductions, adult learning theory, individual feedback techniques, small group practice using mock legal cases, group dynamics, coaching ethics, and faculty meeting discussions.

1. Welcome Small Group Coaching Workshop Department of Public Advocacy

8. Jeff Sherr

11. Introductions

12. name game

13. Goals

14. before we start…

19. Coach/Mentor/Teacher

20. Adult Learning Theory

21. Individual Feedback

22. Small Group Practice

23. Group Dynamics

24. Ethics

25. Faculty Meetings

27. Coach/Mentor/Teacher

33. Share in Pairs

34. Share Big

37. Adult Learning Theory

39. Ready to Learn

40. Active Involvement

41. You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself.

42. Self-Directed

43. Mistakes

45. Is it safe?

46. Building on Experience

47. Sensory Learning

48. What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand.

49. UK Post Office Study Recall after 3 weeks Recall after 3 months 65% 32% 10% 85% 72% 70% Told, Shown and Experience Told and Shown Told

50. Auditory Visual Kinesthetic Hear See Do

51. Less is More

52. Build on Theory Explain “why”

54. Unique

55. Litigation Institutes Faubush NCDC Macon, Georgia

56. Case Problem v. B.Y.O.C.

59. move faculty around or not

62. Case Problem B.Y.O.C. New faculty Same faculty

65. Individual Feedback

66. General Tips

67. Pygmalion Effect

69. One or Two Big Points

70. Accentuate the positive

71. Catch them doing the right thing

72. Be specific

73. Praise Sandwich

74. Interrupting

75. Redo

76. Exercises

78. How do you feel about that performance?

79. Dialogue

80. You must be the change you want to see in the world

83. www.ted.com

91. What? People take things in with their senses 0

92. Gut? An auto response occurs - emotions & feelings stir associations are made R

93. So What? We think about what's going on Ideas, insights or concepts are formed I

94. Now What? We consider actions, choices, how to respond, how to relate. A decision is made D

99. Nuts & Bolts One approach to individual feedback

100. Is it safe?

101. Performance

102. Mistakes

103. Identify area to focus on

104. Less is More

105. Pick Exercise

106. Ready to Learn

107. “ Great, let’s try something” Jump out of your seat and come to performance area. Positive, energetic, building expectation of fun

108. Active Involvement

109. Do exercise (page 20) SMALL GROUP IDEAS May want to ask each participant to briefly describe a vivid, non-legal image before starting opening practice to have participants demonstrate to self how well they can communicate images. Have the participant play the role of their client (or appropriate character). The coach then does a direct of the participant. Have participants first just work the opening 30 seconds (The hook). Let everyone do this before doing full opening to develop confidence and work on performance techniques. The participant in monotone or too slow or fast a. do opening in gibberish (a la Sid Caesar) b. Sing opening c. Change the setting. Do opening as if it were over a cup of coffee to a friend in a restaurant. 5. Without Tarzan-witness-by-witness recitation, have the lawyer tell the story. 6. Paint the picture rather than announce the conclusion. “Generality is the enemy of all art.” Stanislavski. 7. God is in the details: not, “they had a good marriage,” but, “for 25 years he woke and brought her coffee.” Joshua Karton. 8. Have participants get out dollar bills. When the lawyer gives them real eye contact, they have to hand over the money. – Jodie English 9. If a participant is having difficulty telling the story with good flow, ask them to assume that what they wish to describe to the jury has been videoed, and then have them pop the video into their brain, and with their mind’s eye watching, tell the jury what they are seeing. – Jodie English 10. Pretend you’re in a bar with a bunch of drunks and talk about your case with the intensity necessary to have the whole bar listening to you 11. In your mind say, “once upon a time,” and then, start your opening, in story form 12. have half the participants get up and simultaneously give the first few minutes of their openings to the rest of the participants - and then switch 13. ask the participant to identify a favorite relative, dramatic or cartoon character and have them do a piece of the opening as that character. Accents and strong personalities fill the space that the fear of not sounding like a lawyer formerly occupied. The dramatic personae can at times free the participant from the paralyzing weight of lawyering and get them to the place where they are communicating as a human, to the humanity of the jury – Jodie English 14 Ask the participant to name her best friend, and then give the opening as if on the phone to that friend - note the change in investment and intensity that typically results 15. fast forward the video of the opening to illustrate redundant mannerisms 16. Red Light/Green Light. When the coach calls out “red light” the participant stops the flow of the story and gives specifics on that subjects. For example – “red light on the car”. The coach then calls out green light for the participant to continue the opening. This exercise can be done with cross and closing as well.

110. Sensory Learning

111. ORID

112. Build on Theory Explain “why”

113. Building on Experience

114. Tanya the Brave

117. Identify area to focus on

118. Pick Exercise

125. Where is ? R

126. what ever you do always remember

127. It’s about the client

128. It’s about the student

129. It ain’t about you

130. Your Turn

131. Small Group Practice

133. Group Dynamics

134. holding space

136. Room Set Up

137. Room Set Up

138. Room Set Up

139. Jury

140. Opening of Session

141. Introductions Expectations/ Goals Introduce case problem

142. Questions from Plenary First run Break Redo

145. War Stories

146. Humor Self-Deprecating

147. Credibility

148. Re-direct Questions to Group

149. Parking lot

150. The introvert

153. Notes

154. Coach during breaks

155. Yes, breaks

157. Delight

159. Tanya The Brave Gets Feedback From The Group

162. Ethics Students Other Coaches Clients

163. Faculty Meetings

165. discuss previous day

167. discuss next day

168. discuss program generally

169. almost done

170. Where do we go from here?

174. " Be proud of yourself when you take the time to help another criminal defense attorney with their problem. Be prouder when another criminal defense attorney takes the time to help you. The sharing of strengths is what distinguishes the criminal defense bar." - Larry Pozner

176. Thanks Please fill out the evaluation

177. Difficult Participants

179. Side Conversation

180. Talks too much

181. Mr. Negative

182. Nobody Home

183. Heckler

184. Know-it-all

185. Tangent

189. Core Standards

191. Race and Culture

194. Settlement