For years the South Carolina Bar has invited internationally acclaimed trial advocacy instructor, Mark Drummond, to present From File to Trial: 8 Keys to Success in Court and Beyond. Within weeks after the pandemic shut down most court systems, Judge Drummond designed a course on remote advocacy for which he received the first ever National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Leadership Service Award for the “Creation and Launch of Remote Advocacy Courses.” As the Executive Director of the Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law he launched one of the first model remote jury trials. During the pandemic he presented webinars to thousands of attorneys and provided one-on-one coaching to hundreds of attorneys on remote advocacy techniques for trials, motions and depositions.

This program incorporates the lessons of the 8 Keys into all aspects of litigation including tips and techniques that apply to motions, discovery, depositions and appeals, in addition to trial. You will learn tips and techniques for remote advocacy as well as in-person advocacy and the e advantages and disadvantages of each.

We’ll conclude the day with an hour of legal ethics, discussing The Key to the art of persuasion whether in the courtroom or over a remote platform.

This is going to be one program you do not want to miss!  

Live Webcast hours DO NOT count as "live" hours. These hours are Alternatively Delivered Medium Hours (NON-LIVE Hours). 

About The Speaker
The Honorable Mark A. Drummond (ret.) has devoted over 40 years to the art of persuasion, first as a successful trial lawyer for 20 years and then as a trial judge for 20 years. Since leaving the bench, Mark Drummond has returned to the courtroom as an advocate.

Judge Drummond has been asked to train advocates on five continents. United Nations War Crimes Tribunal prosecutors asked him to train prosecutors at the Hague and in Arusha, Tanzania. He has trained advocates for the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federated Bar Association of Japan and the Beijing and Shanghai Arbitration Commissions. He has trained advocates throughout the United States and his work overseas includes trainings in Tokyo,